Is the DXF export raster, vector or combination? Send a small file with 
both, I can easily try to change say a circle or line.

On 4/1/2010 9:32 PM, Vitaliy wrote:
> Dwayne Reid wrote:
>> Has anyone considered CorelDraw?  Its what we have been using for the
>> past couple of decades or so - it seems to work well and certainly
>> the metal fabrication shops haven't told us of any problems when they
>> manufacture our metalwork.
>>
>> Most of us are using CorelDraw  X3 but we have two seats with Corel
>> Designer X4.  I've just purchased a copy of CorelDraw X5 but its not
>> installed on any machine yet.
>>
>> You can purchase legitimate copies of CorelDraw on eBay for less than
>> a hundred bucks.  That's where most of our licenses have come from
>> and Corel has verified each of those as being legitimate.
>>
>> Do be careful - there are LOTS of sellers who are selling pirated
>> software.  We now tell each seller that we will be verifying the
>> product that they sell to us with Corel and give them the chance to
>> back out of the deal if they suddenly become reluctant to complete
>> the transaction.  We follow-up with that promise - we do indeed check
>> each Corel product purchased on eBay with Corel to ensure that the
>> package is legitimate.  I've had to request a refund only one time.
>>
>> I'm not one of the regular users of CorelDraw - I barely know how to
>> turn it on <grin>.  But even I can use it to create a drawing which
>> is then used to generate a toolpath for our little CNC mill.  I find
>> it to be a shockingly powerful package.
>
> Excellent point, Dwayne. We use CorelDraw for tech drawings, but I 
> completely forgot about it. Typically we create PDFs to send to 
> manufacturers, but it does allow exporting directly to DXF.
>
> Can anyone w/ Autocad open the attachment?
>
> Vitaliy 
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