rumlab 0 Posted November 30, 2016 Just bought my copy, and even though I haven't delved much into the soft yet, the first little thing that comes across, is the lack of DWG/DXF support. Those file formats are still industry standard within CNC manufacturing, and also for architecture it could come in handy. Bests, Morten Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TonyB 1,454 Posted November 30, 2016 DWG and DXF are not filters we intend on adding to Designer. Affinity Designer is targeted at UI designers and Illustrators. CNC, CAD, Flowcharts and other diagraming may be covered in a future product but not Designer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rumlab 0 Posted December 6, 2016 Ok, thank you for the answer. Making illustrations based on CAD drawings from a client, is something we do quite often too. Just had an issue now, where I want to make an illustration from a plan drawing in Rhinoceros. Exporting to AI format from Rhino, I am not able to import anything in AD - just an empty canvas. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TonyB 1,454 Posted December 6, 2016 If Rhino doesn't include a PDF or Postscript stream in their AI export then Affinity will not be able to import it. If you post an example export then we could have a look. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MEB 7,005 Posted December 6, 2016 Hi rumlab, Affinity Designer is only able to import Ai files that contain a PDF stream (files saved with Create PDF Compatible File checked when saving an AI file in Illustrator). The file generated by Rhinoceros probably doesn't include it, that's why you aren't able to import anything. Affinity Quick Reference | Common Feature Requests | Call for Camera Images Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rumlab 0 Posted December 7, 2016 Yep - solved it by going through Moi3d - better pdf export :) Problem is, few CAD programs handles pdf, svg or eps very well, if at all... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
