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Franky Spills
Franky Spills
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March 10, 2022
Question

Can I remove large canvas setting?

  • March 10, 2022
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Hello all.

I work with really large set designs.  A current project I'm workign on is 110 feet long and 12 feet tall.


I created that cavas size in illustrator and worked to scale.  However I'm breaking down the wall into 4 ft by 8 ft panels.


So I've broken down the wall designs into those panels and placed them onto individual artboards.  I've saved them out at PDFs.  I need to save them out as DXF's but I no longer have that option becasue I'm in large scale. However I thought If I opend up the 4x8 PDF I would be able to export it from there.  HOWEVER when i open it, even thought the artboard is only 4x8 and I only have 1 artboard.  AI still seems to think this is large canvas size and I do not get the option to export as a DXF or DWG.

 

Any thoughts?  Really need to get these panels out as a DXF to my CNC guy.

 

Thanks!

 

    1 reply

    Kevin Stohlmeyer
    Community Expert
    Kevin StohlmeyerCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    March 11, 2022

    You have exceeded the max size limits for file formats.

    You should be working at 50% split up into panels. I would build max 2x4 ft panels.

    Your CNC guy will enlarge using his software to full size. Since its all vector it wont degrade.

      Franky Spills
      Franky SpillsAuthor
      Known Participant
      March 11, 2022

      Totally understand that.  Unfortunately, the art is already created with many layers which I need to keep.  The art is created in AI to scale and no matter what- if I scale everything down so the entie art is fit's in one artboard that is 2'x4" my AI still will not export out as a DXF.  The setting isn't available because AI on this doc thinks it's still a large doc.  I have to open a new file and cut/copy/paste everything, layer by layer.   This is too much for the 40+ walls i have.  What I'd like to do is just remove the Large Document "Function/setting/parameter" from my current document.  Is that possible?

      Ton Frederiks
      Community Expert
      Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      March 11, 2022

      "I have to open a new file and cut/copy/paste everything, layer by layer."

      When you turn on Paste remembers Layers in the Layers panel menu, layers will be replicated in the new document. So you can select all and paste into a new document without losing layers.

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