Corel Designer
Corel Designer is a vector-based graphics program. It was originally developed by Micrografx, which was bought by Corel in 2001.
The last version developed by Micrografx was 9.0 in 2001. This program was later sold as Corel Designer 9. There are still a number of users who continue working with version 9.0, because newer versions of the product are based on a modified CorelDraw rather than the original product.
Corel Designer is effective for the creation of engineering drawings, but also offers many functions for graphic design.
Release history and file formats
Manufacturer | Product name | Release year | Filename extension | Label |
Micrografx | In-a-vison | 1986 | *.drw | Draw |
Micrografx | Designer 3.0 | 1990 | *.drw | Draw |
Micrografx | Designer 3.1 | 1992 | *.drw | Draw |
Micrografx | Designer 4.0 | 1993 | *.ds4 | Designer Version 4.0 |
Micrografx | Designer 4.1 | Dec 1994 | *.ds4 | Designer Version 4.1 |
Micrografx | Designer 6.0 | Sep 1995 | *.dsf | Designer Format |
Micrografx | Designer 7.1 | Nov 1997 | *.dsf | Designer Format |
IGrafx | Designer 8.0 | 2000 | *.dsf | Designer Format |
Micrografx | Designer 9.0 | 2001 | *.dsf | Designer Format |
Corel | Corel DESIGNER 9 | 2002 | *.dsf | Designer Format |
Corel | Corel DESIGNER 10 | 2003 | *.des | Designer |
Corel | Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite 12 | 2006 | *.des | Designer |
Corel | Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite X4 | 2008 | *.des | Designer |
Corel | Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite X5 | 2010 | *.des | Designer |
Corel | CorelDRAW Technical Suite X6 | 2013 | *.des | Designer |
Corel | CorelDRAW Technical Suite X7 | 2014 | *.des | Designer |
Corel | CorelDRAW Technical Suite 2017 | 2017 | Designer |