Boardview formats BoardFix opens

All formats open on every plan, including the free one, in any browser — on a workshop PC or a phone at the bench. Pick a format to see what it is and what you get from it.

• .brdBRD is the most common boardview extension, and several unrelated formats share it: the binary Apple-style board file, the obfuscated binary BRD found on many laptop boards, the classic text BRD/BRD2 (BRDOUT, NETS, PARTS, PINS sections), Jet BRD and Zuken CR-5000/CR-8000 exports.
• .bvrBVR is a boardview format from the BDV BoardView family, met in both its newer BVR3 revision and older variants.
• .bdvBDV is an ASC-style boardview: inside are the format, pins and nails sections that describe the board outline, every pin with its net, and the test points.
• .tvwTVW is a binary boardview format widely circulated for laptop and desktop motherboards.
• .fzFZ is a compressed or encrypted boardview (FusionView / PC6 lineage: zlib-packed or RC6-encrypted).
• .cadCAD files in board repair are text exports from PCB design tools: GenCAD 1.4, Mentor Neutral, or Fabmaster Layout ASC (the one that starts with an A!REFDES header).
• .grGR is a text boardview format (Great_Guo).
• .cstCST is a binary boardview format.
• .ascASC here means Fabmaster ASC exports, and they come in four kinds: pins.asc, nails.asc, parts.asc and a Net Listing.
• .bv2BV2 is a Fabmaster in-circuit-test (ICT) export in text form, with #Layout# and #Nail# sections.
• .pcb .xzzPCB and XZZ files in repair are almost always XZZPCB boardviews (XinZhiZao).