ODG to PDF: Convert LibreOffice Draw Files Online

ODG files hold diagrams, flowcharts, floor plans and other drawings made in LibreOffice Draw. They're easy to edit but awkward to send, because the person on the other end needs a program that opens them. Converting ODG to PDF gives you a copy anyone can view and print.

This converter runs LibreOffice on our server, so you don't need it on your device. Upload one drawing or several and download the PDFs.

What is an ODG file?

ODG stands for OpenDocument Graphics, the drawing format of the OpenDocument standard (ISO/IEC 26300). Like the other OpenDocument formats, an ODG file is a ZIP package of XML files.

It's the native format of LibreOffice Draw, where shapes, connectors, text boxes and layers stay editable.

How to convert ODG to PDF online

You can convert one drawing or a whole batch, each file up to 25 MB.

1. Select one or more .odg files, or drag them into the upload area.
2. Check the list and take out any file you don't want converted.
3. Click Convert.
4. Wait while LibreOffice exports each drawing.
5. Download the PDF, or a ZIP with one PDF per drawing if you converted several.

What LibreOffice keeps when it exports a drawing

The converter uses LibreOffice Draw's own PDF export filter, the one behind File, Export as PDF in Draw. Each page of the drawing becomes a page of the PDF, at the page size set in the drawing.

Fonts are the usual source of surprises. If a drawing uses a font the server doesn't have, LibreOffice swaps in another one, and that can change line breaks or push text out of a shape.

The file gets checked before conversion. An empty file, or one that isn't a ZIP package like every real ODG, is rejected with an error message.

Layers and vector shapes in the PDF

Our test drawing odg-vector-fixture.odg came back as one A4 page, 595 by 842 points, with no embedded pictures at all. The shapes stay vector paths, so they're sharp at any zoom and the file stays small, 7.1 KB.

Draw layers have two switches, Visible and Printable, and the export follows both. In October 2026 we converted a 3-page drawing we built, with one shape per page on a normal layer, one on a hidden layer and one on a layer that's visible but not printable.

The PDF had 3 A4 pages and a bookmark for each, named after the drawing's pages: Page1, Page2 and Page3. To keep a layer out of the PDF, untick Printable in its layer properties; to get a hidden layer in, tick both boxes before you upload.

What to check before you send the PDF

Open the PDF and look at each page at normal size and zoomed in. Make sure labels are readable, connectors still meet their shapes and nothing's cut off at the page edge.

Anything past the page edge does get cut off, because the PDF page is exactly the drawing's page. In our October 2026 test on an A4 page, a shape running past the right edge was cut at the edge mid-word, and a shape placed wholly outside the page was simply missing from the PDF, text and all.

If something moved or got cut, fix it in the ODG, ideally with a common font, and convert again. When a diagram doesn't fit, set a larger page size in Draw's page properties.

Need to go the other way? Our PDF to ODG converter turns a PDF into an editable drawing. To send several drawings as one document, combine the PDFs with Merge PDF.

Converting ODG to PDF without uploading

If you've got LibreOffice installed, you can make the same PDF yourself and upload nothing. In Draw, File, Export as PDF opens the same filter, and on the command line our server runs soffice --headless --convert-to pdf:draw_pdf_Export drawing.odg, plus options for its own work folder.

We ran that command by hand on our test drawing inside the same server image, and it gave the same file as the tool: 7,299 bytes, one A4 page, the same text and no embedded images. So use this page when LibreOffice isn't at hand, say on a phone or a computer where you can't install it; you won't get a better result here.

What happened when we tested ODG to PDF

We uploaded odg-vector-fixture.odg, a small test drawing of 2.8 KB. There are no options, so it was converted as uploaded.

The conversion took 0.9 seconds on our test server. The download, odg-vector-fixture_ODGToPDF.pdf, was a one-page PDF of 7.1 KB. Tested in October 2026.

Privacy and file handling

Your drawings get converted on our own server, with no third-party conversion service. We delete uploads and PDFs automatically within two hours.

Converting doesn't add a password. If the drawing shows something confidential, lock the PDF with one of our PDF security tools before you share it, and shrink a big one with our PDF optimization tools.

Frequently Asked Questions About ODG to PDF

Can I convert multiple ODG files at once?

Yes. Select several ODG files together. Each drawing becomes its own PDF, and you download them as one ZIP.

Will converting ODG to PDF change my original file?

No. You get a PDF copy, and the ODG on your device stays as it is. Hang on to it for future edits.

Are hidden layers exported?

No. In our test, shapes on a hidden layer and on a layer that isn't printable were both left out of the PDF. Tick Visible and Printable for every layer you want to keep.

Why does some text look different in my PDF?

The drawing probably uses a font the server doesn't have, so LibreOffice used a stand-in. Switch to a common font in the ODG and convert again.

Does a multi-page drawing stay multi-page?

Yes. Each page of the ODG drawing becomes one page of the PDF.

Is an ODG file the same as an SVG or an image?

No. ODG is an editable drawing document that can hold several pages. SVG is a separate vector format, and PNG and JPEG are pixel images.