Hello,
we use CorelDraw X5 to make cartographies on building plans with several layers of - mostly - polylines drawings (one layer = one building material type or one weathering form type) and we must give them back to architects who use AutoCAD.
We already tried several times to export the .cdr to .dxf or .dwg files, but till now, the architect seems to be able to open the files, but our cartographie is quite illegible: only some parts of the layers are visible and it seems that some layers are not visible at all...
Does someone can first tell me if the exportation .cdr to .dxf/.dwg is really possible?
If it's possible, does someone can explain me how to exactly do? (the help doesn't help me at all till now...)
Thanks,
Bénédicte
Hello
Its been a few years since I did this so my memory may not be accurate. Auto cad has a layers panel that supports multiple layers in a drawing. As I recall we had to name layers in a form that could be imported and if the client had to re-import art back into an existing drawing we had to make sure no layer names were duplicated. I know one client only imported our work into a new AutoCAD file then would copy his other info into that.
If its just a background bitmap to be imported Auto cad supports Png.
I think if you go to Autodesk Their autocad User forum may help guide you. They bailed me out lots
Ross Blair