# Importing DXF from Illustrator to Shapr3D in scale? Help

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**Created:** [January 26, 2023, 7:49am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/importing-dxf-from-illustrator-to-shapr3d-in-scale-help/23768 "2023-01-26T07:49:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 26, 2023, 7:49am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/importing-dxf-from-illustrator-to-shapr3d-in-scale-help/23768/1 "2023-01-26T07:49:14Z")

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I currently have a lot of files in vectors in Adobe Illustrator that i’ve been wanting to conver to 3D. I use mm as the measurement units in Adobe and everything is made to scale.

So my issue is that when i export the DXF file from Adobe and import it into Shapr3D the scale is always way off - an example of the most recent one is the Adobe file object is 30mm —-\> and once imported to Shapr3D its ~600.xxxx mm (a large number that i dont remember exactly).

So is there a way to import dxf files to scale? Or perhaps is there a specific way to save files in Adobe to solve this pain point? I dont want to have to manually use the scale tool to downsize.

Any help is appreciated. thanks! 🙂