You can control what to retrieve from an Adobe Illustrator file.

By setting File > Import > File Illustrator options, you can enable Alias to import the geometry as a Group of curves or as individual curves. You can also Scale the image before importing it into Alias.

When saving an Illustrator file choose File > Print Setup, set Output to File and set the Output Style to Illustrator. The output results transfer the paint and shapes information. The results of opening this file in Illustrator is a display of three objects:

• the image plane displaying the final image (image plane).
• the curves that defines the shape.
• the shapes of the model which can be individually selected and manipulated.
  Tip

  If you want to change the geometry of the Alias model in Illustrator, export the model as a Post Script file from Alias. Open this file in Illustrator to manipulate the polygons.