B.6 AI (Import)
Up to version 8, Adobe Illustrator’s native format was based on PostScript (1.5.1.1 Adobe’s Vector Formats). It was not fully standard PostScript, however, and importing it into other software has always been a pain. There now exist various scripts on the Web which claim to convert this old AI format into something more tractable, but they are all rather limited and not too reliable. While you can try to use them, officially Inkscape 0.47 does not support import or export of the old AI format.
Starting from version 9, Adobe switched to PDF for the base of its new Illustrator format. The AI files saved by Illustrator still contain many AI-specific extensions; however, they are standard PDF and any PDF-capable software can open and ...
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