Corel DRAW -> SVG conversion path (was Re: [Sodipodi-list] thanks)

[Evan Prodromou]

thanks for the effort of putting together this vector
drawing program. I am a linux newbee. Your program
will help me migrate from windows to linux much
easier. I have been using Corel(Win) and did not find
Corel(Linux)in the download sections of LinuxDistros.
I have some files in Corel(win) and hope to convert to
linux formats. guess I have to forget all those and
enjoy the happy hunting grounds of Linux programs.
Kudos to you!

Corel used to distribute a free (as in beer) version of Corel DRAW for Linux for
personal non-commercial use. But since they torpedoed their Linux product line,
it doesn't seem to be available for download from http://linux.corel.com/ or
anywhere else.

I haven't tried to use it, but the Skencil program (formerly Sketch) can
supposedly import some Corel DRAW files.

http://sketch.sourceforge.net/

Since Skencil has an SVG export tool, you could import into Skencil, and export
as SVG.

There may be other file conversion paths, although probably all of them will be
a little lossy. ImageMagick might be helpful in converting files:

http://www.imagemagick.org/

...although they don't seem to support any Corel-native formats. Maybe Corel ->
EPS -> SVG is a good way to go? I dunno.

Anyways, good luck, and congratulations on taking this big step.

~ESP