Different then Corel

[jeeplogic]

I am new to cnc plasma cutting, I bought a Pcnc machine that works fine. the problem I have is with corel 12 every time I try to convert to a dxf file ther are 50-8000 new nodes and half as many hidden lines depending how complex the the file is. I called Corel and they acknowledge it is a problem , but are unwilling to do anything about it because it is an out dated version. I tried it in a plotter file and seems to work but not all the time.
My question is what other options do I have for artistic 2d sign work that won't cost an arm and a leg?????

[ger21]

http://www.candcnc.com/DXFToolDetails.htm

[jeeplogic]

thanks for the info, is it a common problem what I am having????