Help sought importing .ai files (into XDP X10)

[shiphen]

Hi

I need to import a number of files with an extension of ".ai" to import into XD Pro X10.

I am not able to contact the originator of the files to work out what format the files are in, but I am assuming some form of Adobe Illustrator (??).

But if I go to File ==> Import and select "Adobe Illustrator" and select the file, it goes through the motions of importing (and there is no error message)... however there is nothing in the resulting Xara file!
Any suggestions?

J


P.S. I tried to attach an example to this post, however .ai files don't seem to be allowed.

[gwpriester]

Second import filter down unless my import filters are different.

[Egg Bramhill]

Test upload an ai file.

[gwpriester]

Works perfectly Egg.

[mwenz]

...P.S. I tried to attach an example to this post, however .ai files don't seem to be allowed.

You could always ZIP up the AI file.

I need to import a number of files with an extension of ".ai" to import into XD Pro X10.

Good luck with that. As long as it is a real AI file saved with the PDF data, XDP will open most of them because XDP is really opening the PDF data, not the AI data.

But if I go to File ==> Import and select "Adobe Illustrator" and select the file, it goes through the motions of importing (and there is no error message)... however there is nothing in the resulting Xara file!
Any suggestions?

This is often because these are really EPS files with an AI extension. Wouldn't know for certain without a file. Xara hasn't really updated the EPS filter for a while.

Mike

[Christine Farrelly]

Sometimes they get imported but off the viewing area, try zooming out to make sure, they can also come in very small.

[mwenz]

I use AI and EPS files quite a lot. When as Shiphen reports that nothing seems to import, tis easy to look at the layers panel and say, yep, nothing imported. Whether on the page or off it, the objects on a successful import will still show up in the layers panel.

I would say 90% of the EPS files I deal with have to be opened in AI and saved back out to get them into XDP.

I have attached Egg's example AI file simply saved as an EPS. It doesn't open/import in X9, don't know about X10. Please note that the File Tab does show the name if you use the Open command.

Mike

[ss-kalm]

You could also just try a straight drag and drop into Xara. Although I don't see it working any differently from the IMPORT dialogue.

[gwpriester]

I used Designer Pro X10 Import > Illustrator CS2 (*.ai *.eps) and it imports OK but there is a rounding on the inside of the A that should not be there.

[mwenz]

By Jove, it does. Thanks, Gary.

These import filters ought to be consolidated. Nothing else I have require 3 or 4 different ones to open that file.

Try the attached.