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Export Drawings to Other File Formats
If you need to use the information from a drawing file in another application, you can convert it to a specific format by exporting it. You can also use the Clipboard.
You can export a drawing as a DXF file, which contains drawing information that can be read by other CAD systems.
You can export DWG files created by AutoCAD-based products to the MicroStation. V8 DGN drawing file format.
You can create a device-independent raster image of the objects in your drawing.
You can convert a drawing file to a PostScript file, a format that is used by many desktop publishing applications.
You can export certain object types to an ACIS file in ASCII (SAT) format.
You can write solid objects in the STL file format compatible with Stereolithography Apparatus (SLA).
