I was very excited when I heard Affinity Designer was in the works as I thought it would be a perfect addition for my company and would finally free me from illustrator.
However, the lack of DXF export makes it useless for my purposes. I have an art production company and 90% or our work is setting up 2D cut files for laser cutting and cnc milling.
I am stuck with AI even though I loathe it and even have a legacy copy of DrawPlus X8 which I use to regenerate pretty much every dxf file I produce BECAUSE THEY ARE THE MOST RELIABLE CROSS-PROGRAM-FRIENDLY DXFS I HAVE EVER USED. It is a major hassle having to do this though (duplicating files, managing, renaming, locating files etc.,).
So frustrating I can't combine the streamlined workflow of Affinity AND output files I can actually use for something other than print.
I have a lot of contemporaries nearby who won't make the change to AD for that one reason alone.
Please consider this Serif - I'm sure it would be worthwhile in additional sales to the likes of me!