DXF Format missing from Illustrator Export options

[ilanel]

Mac Studio

Chip - Apple M1 Max

Mac OS 

Version 14.3.1 (23D60)

Illustrator version 28.3

Help would be much appreciated. 

[Ton Frederiks]

How does your Export As... look like?

[ilanel]

[Ton Frederiks]

Sonoma has some problems with Illustrator, maybe this is related?

[ilanel]

Sonoma caused havoc! Illustrator is just the tip... I'm hoping someone from Adobe will look into it. 

[Mike_Gondek]

Restart illustrator, and make sure shift is not held down. Do you get a plugin loading error (DxfDwgFileFormat.aip) on Illustrator startup?

Right-click on the app and choose show package contents. This file should be there.

[ilanel]

Restarted (shift was not held down) - no plugin loading error.

The DxfDwgFileFormat.aip is there

[Anshul_Saini · Accepted solution]

Hi @ilanel,

Sorry to hear about your troubles with Illustrator. Can you please try creating a new document with a smaller artboard size and see if you can see the DXF format in the export options? Let me know how it goes!

Regards,

Anshul Saini

[ilanel]

Yep, that was the issue. Resolved now. Many thanks. 

[FRADSTRATOR]

Hello,

encountered the same problem. My file is lettering for a sign that is 5280 mm long. An A4 format allows export to DXF, but my full-scale format doesn't allow it (no option in the export menu)! What is the maximum size allowed for exporting to DXF or DWG?

[Anubhav M]

Hello @FRADSTRATOR,

We understand that encountering technical issues can be frustrating. Would you mind sharing some more details, like the exact version of the OS/Illustrator, system config (CPU/GPU/Memory), a public link to a sample file after uploading it to Dropbox/Google Drive/etc., and a screen recording of the problem (https://adobe.ly/3zqyV3n), so we can investigate this further?

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Thanks,

Anubhav

[zaleorcid]

having issue - cannot export dwg dxf - do not see option. scaled down to very small scale, still not working. restarted a bunch of times. just upgraded to 2024. please help this is crucial i have this export option

[zaleorcid]

having issue - cannot export dwg dxf - do not see option. scaled down to very small scale, still not working. restarted a bunch of times. just upgraded to 2024. please help this is crucial i have this export option