I would prefer that the customer use the free viewer but he's the customer so he is by default, right. Seems like using a swiss army knife to do delicate microsurgery, to me. ________________________________ From: icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Eric Hufstedler Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 10:36 AM To: 'icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: exporting .dxf files from Allegro They may need it for transferring to solidworks, etc. Why don't you just have your customer use the free Allegro Viewer ? Beats reading in dumb graphic data and gives them much more information about the design. ----- Original Message ----- From: Kathy Mitchell <mailto:kathy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 10:11 AM Subject: [PCB_FORUM] exporting .dxf files from Allegro Greetings all, Can anyone tell me how to export a board file out in .dxf format? I'm running Allegro 15.2 Design Expert and it appears that I'm having problems because of a missing conversion file. (.cnv)? I need to export the routing, vias and component outlines if possible. Thanks, Kathy Mitchell, CID PCB Designer Circuit Design Specialties, Inc. 600 Development Drive, Suite 100 Plano TX 75074 www.circuitdesign.com 972.424.1007 800.938.4237