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RE: Need suggestions for converting Autocad to AI 8.0
Subject:RE: Need suggestions for converting Autocad to AI 8.0 From:"Geoff Lane" <geoff -at- gjctech -dot- co -dot- uk> To:"'Rich Collins'" <rich -at- pluris -dot- com>, "'TECHWR-L'" <TECHWR-L -at- LISTS -dot- RAYCOMM -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 15 Dec 1999 02:15:59 -0000
Hi Rich,
Depending on the release of AutoCAD, Corel may be able to help. Although I
haven't done so recently, in previous projects, I used Corel Draw to import
AutoCAD (release 12, if memory serves) and then export to an early version
of AI. However, that was Corel Draw 6 -- the latest is version 9 and I
would be surprised if it didn't handle the last-but-one version of both the
AI and AutoCAD formats.
Thanks for the info on the Framers list -- I haven't received anything from
that server since Saturday and was wondering if I'd been unsubscribed!
HTH,
Geoff Lane
Cornwall, UK
geoff -at- gjctech -dot- co -dot- uk
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rich Collins
>
> Adobe has taken their forums off the air until they can fix
> the problems
> with them. The FrameMaker users list server seems to be out
> of action. What
> is the world coming to?
>
> Anyway, I am using Illistrator 8.0 after skipping through
> several versions.
> I seem to recall that earlier versions did a passable job of importin
> Autocad files, but this version simply chokes. Perhaps in
> years gone by I
> was using some kind of converter to massage the Autocad files
> and put out AI
> files? Too many years and too many programs have slipped by
> me. Also, I was
> on the Mac then and now I'm on NT.
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