Originally Posted by
Kev Williams
I export anything FROM Corel TO Gravostyle as an EPS. DXF works too but I've had issues with circle and arcs getting deformed. Never had an issue going EPS.
Exporting FROM Gravostyle TO Corel goes DXF. EPS from Gravo to Corel ends up closing open graphics most of the time.
I don't use PDF as a go-between because for me it's too finicky. (It got so finicky that I quit using Adobe reader and use Foxit reader now.)
Something else you can't do is export from Gravostyle a DXF and use it in EZcad. One reason you'll keep Gravostyle around is because it's WAY easier to create a matrix of anything than Corel is, at least for me. I have a recurring job to do 6-up ID plates on my fiber, it only takes seconds to dump the info from a spreadsheet into the variable list and create the 2x3 matrix, which I then export as a DXF, but can't use that DXF in EZcad, for some reason most straight lines turn into curved lines. So I simply open in Corel then re-export to EZcad, which then works great--
This is just a sample of the hoops you'll have to jump thru using 2 or more programs, but they're small hoops, and you'll find as Ross mentioned, Gravo and Corel have their good and bad points.
FWIW, I've had Gravostyle since '98 came out, then my rep upgraded me to G5, then to G5.3. But I didn't even start using it until about 10 years ago. Glad I did, should've learned it sooner...
Like Gravostyle, you'll like Corel. And hate it... ;)