~suv, thanks so much for this! All becomes clear now. I was able to install the development .dmg package as found on the mailing list post you referenced, and Lo! I can now open my .ai files! And there was great rejoicing. For anyone else in this predicament, the 0.48.4 disk image version so far has...

Hi ragstian, thanks for this. Here is a link to one of the files in question: http://www.crazedweasels.com/headboard-top-lam.ai I'm very interested in your results with it, can you open it in any program? As I noted earlier, I can open it in Photoshop (CS3, not the most recent). There are no options...

Hi brynn, ragnar, thanks for your replies. Brynn, the file was generated by a 3-d modelling program I use, called Moment of Inspiration (http://moi3d.com/). I'm trying to find a toolchain to get the parts of a model I've built into 2-d vector files so I can cut them out on a CNC router and build my ...

Hi, I am getting the common "Failed to load requested file FILENAME" as I have seen many times in the forums, but I haven't seen a solution that works for me. It does appear that some Mac users are able to open .ai files so I hope a solution exists. I have read through http://www.inkscapef...