Rob Ingram

I am going through the same problem here in 2022. It used to be simple to import a DWF file into Illustrator although all the layers broke up into random lines and groups. My ancient version of Illustrator (CS6) won't even to that anymore. Sometimes a pdf will also export with layers and I have had some success with that in AD but not now. Apparently there are a bunch of things that have to be set when exporting from AutoCad to make either the DWF or PDF usable by other applications. In my business, I use AutoCad maps all the time in Illustrator by overlaying information. I am not an AutoCad user and this is a simple and efficient way to put in various types of information in a colourful graphic format. I am pretty much devastated that AD has not seen fit to include this function as I am totally committed to the software now.

Okay, I did that and it looks almost perfect, if anything, a little less saturated in the proof than in the original. But it is still printing way too saturated. i will just have to tinker some more.

This is very useful. Thanks so much.

Tried using a colour profile for the paper and printer I am using and the colour went off a mile. So, I am tending to stick to Adobe RGB (1998) as that is what all my work was in before and it worked with my Canon 9500 printer. I confess to having just changed to a Canon Pro 300 at the same time as switching from Photoshop to Affinity so I may indeed have some calibration issues. The images turn out fine save for the over saturation issue when I print smaller than the original image.

When you are printing an image of say 8x10 to a smaller format, say 7 1/2 x 9 1/2, do you desaturate the original image? And, if so, by how much? I am printing on a Canon Pro 300 and find that reducing the size of the image tends to oversaturate the colours. There must be some kind of formula for this.