Converting from Erwin model to Designer

Can anyone describe any method other than
1) generating out of Erwin and capturing either DDL.
2) reverse engineering from the Oracle database
The problem with both methods is that Erwin comments turn into Oracle Table and Column comments and DO NOT reverse engineer allthe way back to Entity definitions.
With 1500 columns and 130+ tables; the COPY/PASTE approach looks very unattractive.
Thanks,
Chris

Chris
CASE exchange has been obseleted for some time now. The only route I know is a company called Meta Integration Inc. Try the URL www.metaintegration.net
Regards
Mark

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data and models have to be synchronized manually
for n models, 2n-2 conversion functions are needed
every modification causes creation of at least n-1 data structures and models
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