Check, if you have here an error.Hi Michael T., I downloaded the most recent version of Inkscape, and according to their file dialog, they only support 'Adobe Illustrator 9.0 and above'. In Inkscape there's separated ai files fom Ai version 8 and earlier. You can also rent full Adobe CC applications for limited time.īTW.

If that's still possible, it surely solve the problem for a short time. Ai's effects were of course expanded, but the structure was clear (=no grouping mess) and the editable text was still editable. Read extremely carefully what you accept when you use them.Īffinity Designer opened my test ai.

Other: If you search for 'convert ai to svg' you find several online services. For full ungrouping there's Extensions > Arrange > Deep Ungroup.Ĭonclusion: It's not perfect, but it's free. It really is a big job when the drawing is complex. It's told in the import starting dialog.Īll shapes seem to be wrapped into multilevel groups, when you watch the structure of the result in the objects panel.īut they can be ungrouped. Fortunately they are copyable, you needn't retype all.īoth replace Ai's meshes with something which exist is SVG. You may still need to rewrite texts if you want to make edits. Inkscape offers a possiblity to use some external (=not original Inkscape) import software library, but I have used default 'internal' because it doesn't curve texts. I have Win7圆4 and Inkscape 0.92 portable. It can be copied and pasted to a new text object. The editable text isn't actually editable, it gets jumbled if you try. The following example shows that 3D extrusion, Warped text and Blend appear in Inkscape ok, but of course without a possiblity to adjust the effect. Inkscape imports as expanded at least some Ai's functions which were in ai file still unexpanded. Ai itself must expand or rasterize them before exporting as SVG.

Many Ai's functions have no replacement in SVG. It at least works with simple drawings which do not contain unexpanded complex Ai's functions. Inkscape can import ai files to some degree. Seemingly you have already tried inkscape.

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