Hi Eraser. A long time has passed! I thankfully have found a solution and this is no longer a problem, so I'm happy to help. I'm not sure if you're familiar with LISP files. They are basically a script of code someone writes to group or simplify orders in autocad. There are two ways I know to do this:
1) Download and install this lisp:
Splines to Plines | Cadalyst Once you have it, in autocad, you click on a line, execute the "spline to pline" command (s2p is the command shortcut) and tell it how many points you want the polyline to have. You need to strike a balance. Not so few points that the shape has sharp corners, not so many that the machine will go crazy passing over every single line. Then you should have a nice little polyline that xilog understands. Oh! Sometimes the logos won't even be splines to begin with. If they are block references, click on them and explode. Then they usually become a spline plus a deformed hatch. Erase the hatch, then do the whole s2p thing with the spline.
2) Turns out autocad (at least more recent versions) has its own inhouse method to do this, that is simpler and faster. "splinedit" when selecting a spline will directly give you the option to convert to polyline.
3) As if that weren't enough, you have "pedit", the difference with the former being that you can hit multiple, select various/all splines, and then it will tell you "do you want me to convert these splines to plines?". You say "yes please" and done!
I hope that helps. Please don't hesitate to e-mail me with any logo you are having problems with (
[email protected]) and I'll help you out. We can even have a skype for me to explain if you need it. I have had so many problems with xilog that I am thrilled to be able to save someone all the hassle I went through to get it to work!
Marcos