# Error while converting tf model to onnx

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when I try to convert bert-base-multilingual-cased tensorflow model to onnx i get the following error:

ValueError: attempted relative import beyond top-level package

python convert\_graph\_to\_onnx.py --framework tf --model bert-base-multilingual-cased /test\_folder/model.onnx

model link:

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