CorelDRAW to SVG converter

CDR → SVG is the route out of CorelDRAW for people moving their artwork to Inkscape, Illustrator or a cutting plotter, with text arriving as outlines.

Converted with Office engine → Image engine · input deleted within 24 h
Free: 5 conversions a day · 5 MB each
Higher limits →

From real runs

What you get — and what changes

Element	Result	What happens
Paths and fills	Kept	The coat of arms came through as editable SVG paths with its reds, golds and blues, ready to recolour in Inkscape.
Text	Changed	Text arrives as glyph outlines in the substitute font, not as editable text; retype headlines if the wording has to change.
Grouping and object names	Lost	CorelDRAW groups, layers and object names are not kept; the SVG is a flat list of paths per page.
Page area	Changed	Each SVG covers the full CorelDRAW page with a white rectangle behind the art; delete it for a transparent background.
File size	Changed	The flag became a 309,296-byte SVG against a 54,104-byte PDF, because SVG spells every coordinate out as text.
Multi-page files	Kept	The two-page song sheet became a ZIP of two SVG files, one per page.

Paths and fills Kept
The coat of arms came through as editable SVG paths with its reds, golds and blues, ready to recolour in Inkscape.
Text Changed
Text arrives as glyph outlines in the substitute font, not as editable text; retype headlines if the wording has to change.
Grouping and object names Lost
CorelDRAW groups, layers and object names are not kept; the SVG is a flat list of paths per page.
Page area Changed
Each SVG covers the full CorelDRAW page with a white rectangle behind the art; delete it for a transparent background.
File size Changed
The flag became a 309,296-byte SVG against a 54,104-byte PDF, because SVG spells every coordinate out as text.
Multi-page files Kept
The two-page song sheet became a ZIP of two SVG files, one per page.

Sample conversions

Flag artwork

Input: 201,580-byte CorelDRAW X3 file.
Output: One 309,296-byte SVG in under 0.1 s after the layout step.

Two-page song sheet

Input: 170,156-byte CorelDRAW 12 file.
Output: 84,801-byte ZIP of two SVGs; lyrics and chord letters are outlines, note heads are boxes as in the PDF.

A real CorelDRAW → SVG run

We converted our CorelDRAW sample (11 KB) with Office engine → Image engine on 2026-10-20. It took 1.1 s and produced a 2 KB SVG file, 79% smaller than the input. The engine raised 2 warnings, listed below.

Input · sample.cdr · 11 KB

ZIP with 8 parts

Archive parts: 8
first: content/riffData.cdr

Output · sample.svg · 2 KB

SVG viewBox 0 0 595.2756 841.8898, 11 paths

viewBox: 0 0 595.2756 841.8898
Paths: 11

Fonts that are not installed on our servers are replaced, and some CorelDRAW effects (lenses, contours, transparency) are simplified; check the result against the original.
Text was converted to outlines, so it is not selectable or editable in the SVG.

First lines of the output

svg

<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:inkscape="http://www.inkscape.org/namespaces/inkscape" version="1.1" width="595.2756" height="841.8898" viewBox="0 0 595.2756 841.8898">
<defs>
<clipPath id="clip_1">
<path transform="matrix(1,0,0,-1,0,841.8898)" d="M0 .028H595.247V841.88906H0Z" clip-rule="evenodd"/>
</clipPath>
</defs>
<g clip-path="url(#clip_1)">
<path transform="matrix(1,0,0,-1,0,841.8898)" d="M0 841.889H595.247V.028H0V841.889Z" fill="#ffffff" fill-rule="evenodd"/>
<path transform="matrix(1,0,0,-1,0,841.8898)" d="M58.564 741.741V662.201H520.186V741.741H58.564Z" fill="#0000ff" fill-rule="evenodd"/>
<path transform="matrix(1,0,0,-1,0,84…

Options and when to change them

max_pages: Set it to 1 to get only the first page as a single SVG instead of a ZIP.

Do it yourself

Inkscape

bash

inkscape artwork.cdr --export-type=svg --export-filename=artwork.svg

Keeps text as text where it can, but opens one page and shares the version limits described above.

CorelDRAW to SVG by API or MCP

The HTTP API and the MCP server run the exact engine this page uses (Office engine → Image engine); the response carries the same warnings the web converter shows. Check support first with GET /api/v1/pairs?from=cdr&to=svg.

curl

curl -X POST https://filetypeconverters.com/api/v1/convert \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FTC_API_KEY" \
  -F "file=@input.cdr" -F "from=cdr" -F "to=svg" \
  -F 'options={"width":0}' \
  --output output.svg

Options this engine accepts for CorelDRAW → SVG

Key	Applies to	Type	Default
width	Writing SVG	number	0
height	Writing SVG	number	0
fit	Writing SVG	contain · cover · fill	contain
quality	Writing SVG	number	90
background	Writing SVG	string	#ffffff
stripMetadata	Writing SVG	boolean	true

API reference

When this is the wrong conversion

If you only need to show the design, CDR → PNG or PDF is simpler and much smaller.
If the artwork must keep live text and CorelDRAW effects, export SVG or AI from CorelDRAW itself.

CorelDRAW to SVG questions

Can I edit the SVG in Illustrator or Inkscape?

Yes, every shape is a path you can select, recolour or reshape. Text is outlined, so typing new words means replacing those paths with a new text object.

Will a cutting plotter or laser cutter accept this SVG?

Usually, since everything is a plain path. Remove the white page rectangle first, or the machine may treat it as a cut line.

Why are there no layers in the SVG?

The conversion goes through a page layout step that flattens CorelDRAW layers and groups. Regroup in your editor, or export SVG from CorelDRAW if the structure matters.