Import Illustrator & Art cam

We are a user of ARTcam Insignia. Importing Vectors from Illustrator has always been a VERY slow process, especially with round shapes. A simple outline circle could take over an hour to import . We have tested different import formats from illustrator without any improvements . Is there a special trick we should know about when improting from Illustrator ?

I can imagine that the ARTCam User forum is the proper place to ask.
The people over there might want to ask you which version of Illustrator and ARTCam you are using.

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v421/drewbie613/Screenshot2010-11-02at10607PM.png

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