What is a .BRD file?
BRD is a printed-circuit-board layout, most associated with EAGLE. Created and opened by Autodesk EAGLE.
- Did you know
- EAGLE was a hugely popular PCB tool, especially among hobbyists, before Autodesk acquired it in 2016.
- EAGLE stands for “Easily Applicable Graphical Layout Editor” and was originally developed by the German company CadSoft before Autodesk bought it.
- Autodesk has folded EAGLE into Fusion and is phasing out the standalone product, ending decades of the .brd board format’s independent life.
- What Analyser reads
- Identify CAD files and read header metadata: AutoCAD DWG/DWT and DXF now open as a 2D drawing preview (see Diagrams), SolidWorks .sldreg Settings Wizard backups (release year, settings groups and the saved registry keys) and SOLIDWORKS Visualize .svap appearances and .svpj projects, opened as the ZIP packages they are, Inventor (IPT, IAM), Rhino (3DM) and Grasshopper (GH, GHX), SketchUp (SKP), 3ds Max, Cinema 4D, Houdini, ZBrush, Maya, CATIA, Eagle, and KiCad. SolidWorks parts/assemblies/drawings (SLDPRT, SLDASM, SLDDRW) and Autodesk Fusion 360 (F3D, F3Z) have their own viewers - see SolidWorks and Fusion 360 above.
- Depth of analysis
- .BRD is an identification-grade format: Analyser recognises it from its bytes and decodes the header metadata it carries, rather than opening it in a full viewer. Formats that do get a full viewer are marked "Full" on the formats page.
- Open a .BRD file
- Drag a .BRD file onto the Analyser home page (or tap to pick one). It is identified entirely in your browser - nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and it works offline once installed.