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

ManufacturerProduct nameRelease yearFilename extensionLabel
MicrografxIn-a-vison1986*.drwDraw
MicrografxDesigner 3.01990*.drwDraw
MicrografxDesigner 3.11992*.drwDraw
MicrografxDesigner 4.01993*.ds4Designer Version 4.0
MicrografxDesigner 4.1Dec 1994*.ds4Designer Version 4.1
MicrografxDesigner 6.0Sep 1995*.dsfDesigner Format
MicrografxDesigner 7.1Nov 1997*.dsfDesigner Format
IGrafxDesigner 8.02000*.dsfDesigner Format
MicrografxDesigner 9.02001*.dsfDesigner Format
CorelCorel DESIGNER 9 2002*.dsfDesigner Format
CorelCorel DESIGNER 102003*.desDesigner
CorelCorel DESIGNER Technical Suite 122006*.desDesigner
CorelCorel DESIGNER Technical Suite X42008*.desDesigner
CorelCorel DESIGNER Technical Suite X52010*.desDesigner
CorelCorelDRAW Technical Suite X62013*.desDesigner
CorelCorelDRAW Technical Suite X72014*.desDesigner
CorelCorelDRAW Technical Suite 20172017Designer