Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 27836
import/export filter for Corel Draw formats
Last modified: 2013-02-07 22:35:08 UTC
Now we have Draw, but it cannot import from most used Draw software available in market (Corel Draw), we need to add this capability, to be able to import or maybe including export to Corel Draw. Thanks
Reassigned to Bettina.
this also applies to other formats like corel presentations (.shw) and the like
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I am working at a research group in a university. We frequently use CorelDraw to prepare posters for conferences and figures for scientific publications. During the past years we have accumulated a large amount of drawings which are often reused for new figures/posters. For migrating from CorelDraw to OOo Draw it is _essential_ that these old drawings can be imported into Draw not only as an unmodifyable object (this can already be achieved using a WMF/EMF intermediate conversion step) but as a full featured drawing that can be modified as if it was created in OOo. The import as WMF/EMF or via OLE object is useless for us, as it does not allow editing of the drawing (in case of OLE you still need CorelDraw). A CorelDraw export filter would be very helpful as well but is not as important as the import filter.
This bug still exists in the 2.0 Beta nightly builds (1.9.104). It currently appears impossible to successfully bring vector images into OOo (EPS and WMF failed miserably on me).This bug still exists in the 2.0 Beta nightly builds (1.9.104).
Created attachment 29556 [details] Wxample Core draw (8?) File that Cannot be imported
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There are 55 votes for this issue and I think than ability of importing CorelDraw formats is really needed. This feature was not improved in 2.4 and 3.0 Beta.
I agree, very useful feature. We hope for next releases it will be done.
In my particular case, I have Corel Draw! v.9 .cdr & .cmx files which I'd like to modify and update using OOo-Draw; and exporting them to WMF doesn't let me change them in an easy way.
Can we use the Uniconvertor? http://sk1project.org/modules.php?name=Products&product=uniconvertor
With the recent developments in supporting anti-aliasing, OOo Draw can be a real competitor to the CorelDraw series, as we have both high quality vector- and raster-graphics facilities readily available. According to the Wikipedia, the .CDR file format is patented to some degree. This can be an obstacle in implementing certain features, mostly on the export side - for proper information, more research is needed. From the viewpoint of raising ODF awareness and standardization, the export filter for .CDR can have even a negative effect. Contrary, an import filter could open migration to OpenOffice.org for many.
Yes, we should set a milestone and get it going because it is very difficult to find a good and free converter that imports cmx and retains its vectors' property.
uniconvertor is a Python piece of software what imports many formats: * CorelDRAW ver.7-X3,X4 (CDR/CDT/CCX/CDRX/CMX) * Adobe Illustrator up to 9 ver. (AI postscript based) * Postscript (PS) * Encapsulated Postscript (EPS) * Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM) * Windows Metafile (WMF) * XFIG * Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) * Skencil/Sketch/sK1 (SK and SK1) * Acorn Draw (AFF)