View source for TheDraw Save File

{{FormatInfo
|formattype=electronic
|subcat=Graphics
|extensions={{ext|td}}, {{ext|tdl}}
|wikidata={{wikidata|Q27979270}}, {{wikidata|Q27979274}}
|released=1986 (software), 1988 (TD format), 1993 (TDL format)
}}
'''TheDraw Save File''' ('''.TD'''; also known as '''TheDraw format''', '''TheDraw Data File''', or '''TheDraw Setup Save''') is a layered character graphics format native to ''TheDraw'', a character graphics editor for MS-DOS. There is also a '''TheDraw Library''' ('''.TDL''') format, which apparently stores multiple '''.TD''' files.

TD format was introduced in version 3.00. TDL format was introduced in version 4.60.

See [[ANSI Art]] for more about this style of character graphics.

Other native TheDraw formats:
* [[TheDraw font]]
* [[TheDraw COM File]]

== Identification ==
TD files apparently begin with {{magic|0x15}}, followed by "{{magic|TheDraw Save File}}".

TDL files apparently begin with {{magic|0x18}}, followed by "{{magic|TheDraw Library File}}".

== Software ==
* TheDraw ''(Versions before 3.00 don't support TD format, but are listed here for reference.)''
** {{CdTextfiles|bthevhell/400/307/thedraw.arc|thedraw.arc}} - v1.01
** {{CdTextfiles|originalsw/16/tdraw210.zip|tdraw210.zip}} - v2.10
** [https://archive.org/details/RbbsInABoxVol1No2_640 RBBS in a Box, vol 1 no 2] → 016z/tdraw30.zip - v3.00
** {{CdTextfiles|hof91/graphic3/tdraw310.lzh|tdraw310.lzh}} - v3.10
** {{CdTextfiles|hof91/open/tdraw320.lzh|tdraw320.lzh}} - v3.20
** {{CdTextfiles|gigabytesw/005b/tdraw330.zip|tdraw330.zip}} - v3.30
** {{CdTextfiles|phoenix2/20a/tdraw401.zip|tdraw401.zip}} - v4.01
** {{CdTextfiles|megarom2/UTILITY/SCREEN/TDRAW430.ZIP|TDRAW430.ZIP}} - v4.30
** {{CdTextfiles|nightowl/nopv07/026A/TDRAW451.ZIP|TDRAW451.ZIP}} - v4.51
** {{CdTextfiles|simtel/simtel9703/disk1/DISC1/SCREEN/TDRAW463.ZIP|TDRAW463.ZIP}} - v4.63
** There is a widely-distributed file ({{CdTextfiles|californiacollect/his029/tdraw500.zip|tdraw500.zip}}) that claims to be TheDraw v5.00, but it appears to be a hacked copy of v4.01 or v4.30.
* [http://snisurset.net/code/abydos/ abydos]

== Sample files ==
* {{CdTextfiles|simtel/simtel9703/disk1/DISC1/SCREEN/TDRAW463.ZIP|TDRAW463.ZIP}} → DEMO.TD, SHADING.TD
* {{DexvertSamples|image/theDraw}}

== Links ==
* [[Wikipedia: TheDraw]]