Exporting CMX files

You can export files in CMX version 5 format or CMX version 6 format. Using this format you can transfer files from Xara LX to CorelDRAW (version 5 or later) You can also place CMX files on the Internet as Netscape Navigator has a plug-in that can display them. Always use CMX version 6 where possible as it stores the picture more accurately (it is a 32-bit format as opposed to a 16-bit format).

CMX 5 format has a maximum width and height of 40 inches (just over 1 meter). If your drawing is bigger than this, it is automatically scaled down when you create the CMX file (Xara LX warns you if this happens.) Note that the page size is irrelevant - what matters is objects in the drawing.

Some Xara LX features do not exist in CorelDRAW or are implemented differently:

Transparency. CMX supports only flat transparency. Other transparency types are converted to flat transparency.

Elliptical fills are converted to circular fills.

Bitmap fills. CMX does not support rotated tiles.

Fractal Cloud fills and Fractal Plasma fills. These will transfer fine, but are exported as bitmap fills.

Three Color Fills and Four Color Fills will not export.

Blends. Not part of the CMX format. Blends are exported as individual objects.

Molds. Not part of the CMX format. The correct shape is exported but the mold outline is lost.

QuickShapes. All QuickShapes are converted to simple shapes.

Not all of Xara LX fill types have equivalents in CorelDRAW, however most fill types will transfer correctly. If you put a fill handle outside a object's bounding box, it will move so it is inside the bounding box. If you use either of the rainbow fill-effects, the two fill handles will move so they are the same distance from the edges of the bounding box.

To export a CMX file

1. Open the document you want to export as a CMX file.

2. From the File menu, choose Export.

3. Select CMX 6 (32-bit) or CMX 5 (16-bit) from the list of file types.

4. Choose a filename and location for the file.

Note

Use CMX 5 format to export to CorelDRAW 5. Use CMX 6 for CorelDRAW 6 and later.

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