You can now quickly export some or all of the curves in your model to Adobe Illustrator with the new File > Export > Illustrator tool.
Free curves, isoparms, surface edges, trim edges, and curves-on-surface are exported as degree 3 Bézier curves. An Adobe Illustrator version 8 file with the .ai extension is written.
Note: Invisible objects are not exported.
- Select the curves or objects you want to export.
If you want to export everything, you do not need to make a selection.
- Click in the view that you want to export.
- Choose File > Export > Illustrator
. - In the option box, choose to export Active or All geometry.
- For a perspective view, specify a horizontal and vertical size (in points) for the exported image. The selected window in Alias maps to those dimensions in Illustrator.
- For an orthographic view, specify a scale for the geometry by entering two values. Scale is the number of units in Alias, and To is the corresponding number of units in Illustrator. For example, 1 to 1 does not scale the geometry, while 2 to 1 reduces the size of the geometry by half.
- Curve Fit distance is the tolerance used when fitting the Alias curves to the Illustrator Bézier curves. Increase this value for faster performance and lighter Bézier curves.
- For a perspective view, specify a horizontal and vertical size (in points) for the exported image. The selected window in Alias maps to those dimensions in Illustrator.
- Click Go.
The browser appears.
- Enter a filename and choose a location then click Save.
The Illustrator file is saved and has extension .ai.