Swatch libraries to Illustrator

I am, regretfully, in the process of converting some 3000+
croquie drawings from Freehand (where they were created) to
Illustrator. I have found work-arounds and methods to pull most
elements in - however I have 1500 or so color swatches that I would
like to avoid recreating in Illustrator. Does anyone know of a
method for converting Freehand BCF files into Illustrator readable
files?
Any help appreciated...

> I am, regretfully, in the process of converting some
3000+ croquie drawings
> from Freehand (where they were created) to Illustrator.
I have found
> work-arounds and methods to pull most elements in -
however I have 1500 or so
> color swatches that I would like to avoid recreating in
Illustrator. Does
> anyone know of a method for converting Freehand BCF
files into Illustrator
> readable files?
It goes like this.
1. Create empty FreeHand document
2. Import BCF colors into swatches
3. Save the document and export as Illustrator 5 file (AI)
(Version 7 don't work)
4. The ai files is ready to be used as Illustrator library
file. Swatches > Open Swatch Library > Other Library ory copy
to Illustrator's Presets/Swatches folder
Jukka

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