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Open AI File in Autocad

Anonymous — Thu, 23 Jul 2020 22:41:05 GMT

Hi I'm having trouble converting an adobe illustrator file (attached) to dwg format and opening with autocad. Can anyone help?

Re: Open AI File in Autocad

imadHabash — Fri, 24 Jul 2020 00:58:35 GMT

Hi and Welcome to AutoCAD Forum,

>> I'm having trouble converting an adobe illustrator file (attached) to dwg format and opening with autocad.

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Re: Open AI File in Autocad

R_Tweed — Fri, 24 Jul 2020 20:10:12 GMT

I converted the file to a pdf.

Re: Open AI File in Autocad

Anonymous — Sat, 25 Jul 2020 04:44:12 GMT

Thanks, but is it possible to convert it to a dwg or dxf file - or not?

Re: Open AI File in Autocad

vinodkl — Sat, 25 Jul 2020 14:57:43 GMT

Hi @Anonymous ,

Yes. A pdf can be imported into AutoCAD which will be imported as AutoCAD entities using the command "PDFIMPORT". I have imported the PDF into the drawing and attached it here. See if this helps🙂