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.

[shiphen]

Second import filter down unless my import filters are different.

Sadly my popup window that appears when I click "Manage Attachments" seems to look very different.



(I am using Firefox 37.0.2 on Win 7 x64)

[mwenz]

Zip it.

[Egg Bramhill]

Nothing wrong I don't believe, probably a browser difference. I use FF and get the same as you. It does allow .ai file uploading.

[shiphen]

Zip it.

Done

Green.zip

[mwenz]

It's a mess. The construction really sucks as to how it was made. It was originally created in CorelDraw X7.

Would you like a copy that will open in XDP?

[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