Ai to dwg or dxf

Hi,
I've been trying for a while to find a way to export our company logo to a file that our engineers can use in autocad or solidworks (without bastardizing the logo). Nothing I've tried out of illustrator has worked. I'm told that I should output the files to autocad 2002, but haven't had success. I've attached the ai of the logo, please help! Do I need an add in for illustrator? Do my engineers need an add in for their software?
Should I be outputting the file out of another program? (I have the CS4 suite).
I appreciate any and all help.

Sorry,
Ok. What I WANT is for the logo to look JUST LIKE IT DOES in the ai file. Exactly, no variance. Whatsoever.
What I've gotten with various (potentially ALL) settings I've chosen in the dxf/dwg dialogue box are "skewed, squished, distorted" (per the two engineers I'm working with) logos. It also looks like it converts the entire thing to outlines, takes out color and seems to try to replace fonts (even though they're saved to outlines.) My engineers then try to recreate the log manually in solidworks and the result is not pretty.
I'd be content at this point, to have a solid (1 color - black) logo (hoping the engineers would be able to make the top portion 100% cyan).
I'd really like them to be able to import the logo and require no editing (I'm trying for logo/branding purity here).
Does that help?

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