#coreldraw .dxf's
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surely there is a way to import a .dxf file generated in coreldraw that doesn't
result in a shape file containing four hundred and seventy nine million
vertices! i know, there is and don't call you surely…i checked both the 3-d
studio manual and the coreldraw manual and neither provides information in
breaking down the coreldraw file to a significantly smaller file. any ideas?
thanks
Just export out of CorelDraw with the .AI filter, Michael. Use the
Illustrator88/As Curves parameters. Also, make sure there is NO FILL in any
closed polygons and break apart any combined elements before exporting. After
losding into the shaper, do Select/All followed by a
Modify/Vertex/Weld/Selected to close the polygons.
Hope this does it for you,
-Alan Iglesias
I would be interested in knowing if this works better than the .DXF export
from corel. I have corel 4.0. I also remember that a .DXF output from
corel of a circle looked like a potato, (potato[e]) <g>. Is the AI output
from corel any better?
Thanks,
Stephen
Yup, It sure is…DXF output from CorelDraw is basicly useless — just lots of
vertices and no fun cleaning those up! Exporting from Corel in the .AI format
is a little tricky, but VERY clean. Remember these steps:
* Be SURE your elements in Corel are Broken Apart, and that any closed
polygons have NO fill.
* Export as .AI with the Illustrator 88/As Curves parameters.
* Load into the Shaper with the .AI format. Your polygons should have the
same number of vertices as when you started.
* Do a Select/All followed by a Modify/Vertex/Weld/Selected to close
coincident vertices of "opened" polygons.
You're Good to Go.
-Alan Iglesias