My custom hardware vendor has requested my logo file in dfx file format

[Anonymous]

I'm a long-time digital guy but my start-up has a physical (IoT) component that I'm branding with our logo. I emailed the logo file to our hardware supplier in .EPS format, but he requested it instead in DFX format.

I googled the format (Autodesk) and downloaded and installed my 30 day free trial. I found import but it looks like it expects one of the following:

• ACIS (*.sat)
• PDF Files (*.pdf)

Of course I can save my graphic as PDF, but I guess my question is more fundamental, and my goal is to deliver a useful Autodesk file, as it will increase the chance that my customized product delivery will match our needs. 

The questions is: what is the most useful input file for his use (printing 2d "art" on a 3d piece)?

The direct quote from my supplier is: 

"I tried to import the logo file on the laser (for laser marking) to no success so far.

Could you share the logo in .dxf format?"

Should I be asking for the CAD file for the hardware piece? So I can edit it to include our logo? Or is it useful to have the 2D logo in a DXF format, even if there are no other 3d objects in the file?

Thanks in advance for any help, hopefully I explained my needs sufficiently.

[Alfred.NESWADBA]

Hi,

>> I found import but it looks like it expects one of the following

Interesting list as AutoCAD can import much more than just the 2 files you showed.

The question is which software are you using, which file-formats can it use when exporting your vectors.

If PDF is one chance (and it is a vector PDF), then you can use command _PDFIMPORT in AutoCAD to import the PDF vectors.

- alfred -

[Anonymous]

Thanks for taking the time to reply, Alfred.

The logo was created in Adobe Illustrator and can export to just about anything; I mostly use PNG, PDF, WebP, or more rarely, for print applications, EPS (encapsulated postscript). I had originally sent an EPS.

From where can you import other file types?

[Alfred.NESWADBA]

Hi,

>> The logo was created in Adobe Illustrator

>> and can export to just about anything;

Then export (saveas) the logo as DXF from Adobe Illustrator.

The DXF can be opened in AutoCAD.

- alfred -