Facing a tight deadline and need to manage various document formats? Picture effortlessly viewing a Word™ document, a Visio™ diagram, and an AutoCAD™ schematic — all without owning each application. Vantage™ from Tipwinns, Inc. is your solution for engineering document viewing.
Vantage comes in two forms: a desktop app for viewing, markup, and interactive conversion, and a command-line tool for headless batch conversion in build pipelines and AI data prep. Both read and write 30+ file formats across CAD, Visio, Office, DICOM, and image formats.
Supported Formats View + Convert
30+ formats across seven categories. View and mark up in the desktop app, or convert headlessly with VantageCLI.
| Format | View | Convert → PDF | Convert → Image | Convert → Markdown | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAD | |||||
| DWG | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| DXF | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| DWF | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| Visio | |||||
| VSDX / VSDM | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| VSD / VDX / VSS / VSSX / VSX / VST / VSTX / VTX / VDW / VSTM / VSSM | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| Microsoft Office & Text | |||||
| DOCX / DOC / DOCM | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| DOT / DOTX / DOTM | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| RTF | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| ODT / OTT | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| Medical Imaging | |||||
| DICOM / DCM | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| Raster & TIFF Images | |||||
| JPG / PNG / GIF / BMP / WEBP / ICO / DNG | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| TIFF / TIF | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| Vector | |||||
| SVG / SVGZ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — | ✓ | |
Windows, macOS, Linux Multi-platform
One codebase, three platforms. Same features, same file fidelity, same license.
Windows
Windows 10 & 11 · x64
macOS
macOS 12+ · Apple Silicon & Intel
Linux
Ubuntu 20.04+, Debian 11+ · x64
Two Ways to Run Vantage Desktop vs. CLI
Same conversion engine, two different jobs — open documents interactively, or convert them headlessly at scale.
Desktop Viewer + Markup
The full application — open, review, mark up, and convert engineering documents interactively.
- Open and view 30+ formats side by side
- Markup and annotation tools
- Interactive convert to PDF or image
- For engineers reviewing documents day to day
CLI Headless Conversion · Built for AI Pipelines
Batch and script document conversion on a server or build agent — no desktop session required.
- Convert to PDF, image, or Markdown from the command line
- Drops into Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins
- No rate limits, no per-file billing, runs offline
- For pipelines, agents, and document-heavy automation
AI-Ready Markdown
- PDF, DOCX, RTF, VSDX → Markdown with headings, lists, and metadata intact
- Images export as linked sidecar files — publish-ready for wikis, Notion, Confluence, GitHub
- Reads the real text layer, not pixels — no OCR, so scanned-image PDFs aren’t a fit
- One file per run — script it into a shell loop, CI/CD step, or agent harness
Pricing
Every download includes a 14-day full-feature trial. After that, pick the license that fits.
Desktop Annual
Full viewer + markup, always current
$99/year
Machine-based license
- View 30+ formats
- Markup & annotation tools
- Convert to PDF, image
- Always on the latest version
- Windows, macOS, Linux
Desktop Perpetual
Buy once, own it forever
$249 one-time
No subscription, no expiration
- Everything in Annual
- Perpetual license — never expires
- Free bug fixes for current major version
- No phone-home requirement
- Air-gap ready
VantageCLI
Headless batch conversion
$499 one-time
Per-machine, unlimited conversions
- Convert to PDF, image, Markdown
- CI/CD pipeline ready
- No rate limits, no per-file billing
- Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins
- Windows, macOS, Linux
Prices in USD. Trial requires no license — a license is only needed to keep opening documents after 14 days.
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