How to open DRA file?
A DRA Opener is a computer program or application that supports DRA files and can open their contents. The first thing you should check is that you have the software to handle the DRA file installed. If the appropriate software is on your operating system, the file should open in the associated application when you click it. However, if an error occurred while opening the file, you can try to fix it by following the instructions below in turn.
9 steps to open DRA file
The following recommendations and steps will help you open the OrCAD Drawing Format file in case you cannot do it in the standard way:
- Make sure that the operating system where you are trying to open the OrCAD Drawing Format file is supported by it. Files with the DRA extension may not be supported by the operating system you are using.
- Check if the Allegro Free Physical Viewer or OrCAD PCB Designer program is installed in the system. If there is no such program, install it (or download it earlier).
- Check if files with the extension DRA are associated with the application Allegro Free Physical Viewer or one of the programs such as OrCAD PCB Designer. If this is not the case, the DRA files should be associated with the appropriate application by displaying the properties of the OrCAD Drawing Format file and in the "File type" section, press the "Change" button. The system will display a window with applications to choose from, from which you should select one of the Allegro Free Physical Viewer, OrCAD PCB Designer programs.
Software programs that open DRA file extension
- If OrCAD Drawing Format is a file from the network or some other external source, it may be defective or incomplete. In this case, the Allegro Free Physical Viewer, OrCAD PCB Designer programs will not be able to open the OrCAD Drawing Format file despite their presence in the system. Try to download or copy the file again.
- In case the OrCAD Drawing Format file is infected, the anti-virus program will prevent it from being opened. Such a situation should not be underestimated and such a file should be deleted or moved to quarantine, and the entire system should be scanned.
- Check that the OrCAD Drawing Format file format is not outdated. The application the user is trying to open the file in may not be backwards compatible and this prevents OrCAD Drawing Format from opening.
- The condition for the correct handling of the OrCAD Drawing Format file may be the regular download and installation of the application update in which the user wants to open it. Determine the version of your program and, if necessary, install the latest one.
- Make sure that the icon representing the OrCAD Drawing Format file is not a shortcut to the location where this file is not present.
- The inability to open the OrCAD Drawing Format file may be due to restrictions imposed on the user by the system administrator.
Useful tools
If, despite going through all the steps, it was not possible to open the file with the DRA extension, you can try some of the proposed tools. At the bottom you will find tools that are dedicated to opening DRA files.
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