![]() If you're only going to do this once in a while, I can't see AI's expense being justified - thus the Open Source route is your best bet. Using Tools/Options (top right) in the EPS file dialog you can. EPS format file (encapsulated postscript). So if you need to use AI on a more regular basis (and it works on your file sizes) then by all means - buy it. Use the PSOUT command and write your drawing to an. Not to mention, what if you want to do it again at a later stage with other files? Once your trial period's up you can't uninstall and then reinstall it (without doing some hacking) - which would be illegal in any event. ![]() ![]() ![]() The GhostScript + GSView + PStoEdit method should not have this problem as GSView only shows the EPS/PS/PDF file at a configurable resolution, but calculations & conversions are done through GhostScript which is extremely efficient on RAM usage (I've done this exact thing on a PDF which was 50MB in size and the RAM usage never went above 700MB - opening that file in PS would use up all of 2GB, not sure about AI). About the Illustrator thingy, not sure about Shag_Sharples and Ryder76 particular file sizes, but the OP noted he'd already tried it that way - due to file size Illustrator crashed for him. DWG files refer to the binary file format for storing 2D and 3D images used by CAD (Computer Aided Design) devices. ![]()
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