just another thought...does anyone know of any software (other than illustrator) that will open ai files form MoI?

Hi Steve,

> does anyone know of any software (other than illustrator) that
> will open ai files form MoI?

There are quite a few... Most 2D illustration programs will do it, Inkscape just happens to kind of be an exception.

For example, Corel Draw, Xara, Deneba Canvas, ... Xara is probably a good one to try: http://www.xara.com/us/products/xtreme/buy/ - a lot of people like it and it is pretty inexpensive at $89.

Also there is a very inexpensive ($39) shareware program called Mayura Draw (http://www.mayura.com/) which if I remember right can do it. That would probably also work as a converter since it can save to SVG.

Also another possibility - it looks like it may still be possible to get a free copy of Creature House Expression 3 from here:
http://www.microsoft.com/expression/expression-design/CreatureHouse.aspx?key=download

- Michael

Hi Steve,

I've only just recently started to need a program for use with AI files, but didn't want the costs of Adobe Illustrator.
So I've been using Xara Xtreme & that works really well with the AI files I've made & exported from MoI.

http://www.xara.com/us/products/xtreme/

Hope that helps, Colin

Blender works fine with AI from Moi ;)
http://www.blender.org/

thanks, all for those links

Pilou, as you say, blender does import them, but lines show up as multi-point curves (can be converted to mesh) and faces are not imported. useful for importing curves created in moi, but not useful for generating hidden line views...

(also, the importer fails if any other scripts are running in blender)

will look into the other apps