Importing SolidWorks Model into Adobe Illustrator

[brentq]

What is the procedure for importing a SolidWorks model into Adobe Illustrator?

Our product was designed using SW "08" and our instruction/user manuals are designed using Illustrator.

Any information would be appreciated.

 

[TheTick]

PDF goes nicely into Illustrator.

 

[JMirisola]

Isn't there a File->Save As (*.AI) option too?

Jeff Mirisola, CSWP, Certified DriveWorks AE

http://designsmarter.typepad.com/jeffs_blog

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

SW can also save as Illustrator (.ai) files.
I believe parts and assembly files are saved as images, and drawings and sketches are saved as vectors.

 

[grunt58]

What we do for our catalog and trifolds depends on what we're giving our graphic designer. If it's a dimensional drawing we'll either give him a dxf or AI file. He usually has to work with the line thickness's to "crisp" them up a bit though.

If it's a nice pretty picture we'll give him a tiff image.

hope this helps....

Grant
Applications Engineer
SW2008 X64 SP 3.1
Dell Precision T5400
Nvidia Quadro FX 5600
Xeon 2.5GHz Quad Core, 4GB RAM
XP Pro X64 SP2.0

 

[uGlay]

TIFF - when colors and shades are needed.
DXF - when lineart only is needed.

SW2008 Office Pro SP4.0
Intel Core 2 Duo CPU
2.2GHz, 2.00GB RAM
QuadroFX 3700
SpacePilot

 

[grunt58]

FYI we dont use photoworks we save a drawing as a tiff.

our settings for saving as a tiff

rgb full color
uncompressed
print capture
300 dpi

results in a nice picture.

Grant
Applications Engineer
SW2008 X64 SP 3.1
Dell Precision T5400
Nvidia Quadro FX 5600
Xeon 2.5GHz Quad Core, 4GB RAM
XP Pro X64 SP2.0