PDF-layers flattened in Illu CS2

Hi,
just tried autodesks new pdf printer that produces pdf-layers from my drawing's layers. Everything fine in acrobat: all layers listed in the layer panel. Yay. It even works in indesign, so now information can be filtered in some presentations.
But when opened in illustrator (or photoshop) the file only has one layer. The output pdf version is 1.4 (Acrobat 5) and seems to be locked to that version. The layers visible in Acrobat won't work even if the file is saved as a later format.
So how do I make Illustrator "get" the layers? It would be really nice to be able to work with layers intact from cad drawings.
Anyone has an answer for this?
Thanks/
Peter
ps. The printer name used in Autocad 2010 and bonuspack 2 for 2009 is pdfplo9.hdi. It supports line merge and seem to output ttf-text as text, not outlines, supports autocad gradients (if you ever use that in drawings) and so on.

Thanks Mylenium,
this gives at least some background to the problem... I've noticed that there is the term "Arcobat-Layers" in both illustrator and indesign, not just "layers". Anyone know if there is a way to redefine/redistribute these tagged object groups to layers in illustrator?
/Peter

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