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2D drawing import - which format is best SVG, DWG, DXF, PDF ...

christian_hubichechristian_hubiche Member Posts: 2 ✭
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Hi, I currently use Illustrator and have some complicated images which I would like to turn into solids. What is the best format to start with?  Thank you

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    S1monS1mon Member Posts: 2,388 PRO
    Typically you're going to export to DXF from Illustrator. Depending on how complex your Illustrator stuff is, you may need to ungroup and/or explode the compound paths. Any text which is in a font will need to be converted to outlines. When you export, you have options for the DWG version. You may need/want to dumb that down to an older one. At least I found that necessary in the past with Solidworks.
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