DXF export option not showing up on macbook pro (in illustrator) Help?!

[ageffen@allegheny.edu]

I have an illustrator file that I need to export as a dxf. I am using a macbook pro (running Ventura 13. 4.1) and the dxf export option is not showing up. Is there a workaround for this? I tried exporting as an SVG but that is also not working. Would this conversion be easier if I were not using a mac, so on a PC?

[Monika Gause]

Are you using File > Export > Export As?

[ageffen@allegheny.edu · Accepted solution]

Yes I was indeed. The problem turned out to be that I had a very large file and I had not isolated all of the anchor points for all components. Once we did that, the dxf conversion went smoothly....fingers crossed the fabricator finds the files workable.