topic Discontinuous lines on imported SVG files in Fusion Design, Validate & Document Forum

Discontinuous lines on imported SVG files

jmillerXL6J2 — Mon, 02 May 2022 18:26:51 GMT

I've done some searches, and as far as I can see, the answer is "can't be done", but I thought I'd make a post on what I'm running in to in case someone has some ideas of how to improve my workflow.

I do a lot of work that starts out as 2D drawings in Adobe Illustrator. Those get saved as SVG files, then imported into F360 for solid modeling.

Here is a test model I put together that gives an example of what I'm doing (in highly simplified form, anyway) : https://a360.co/3F9PCPt

Generally, I will extrude the geometry as defined in the SVG file. That's simple enough, but where I get stuck is if I need to add a fillet or chamfer to the resulting extrusion.

I can, of course, go through by hand and select every line/curve segment, but I routinely run into situations where I have thousands of such segments, so that isn't really a practical solution.

Am I correct that there is no way to join line/curve segments? If so, can anyone recommend an alternative to my current workflow that will make this more efficient?

Thanks!

Re: Discontinuous lines on imported SVG files

TrippyLighting — Mon, 02 May 2022 18:36:13 GMT

The problem isn't that they aren't "joined". The problem is that they are not tangent within the tolerance needed internally by Fusion 360.

That lack of tangency, or I should better say presence of near-tangency causes a lot of the problems encountered when importing geometry from a 2D vector graphics application.

Re: Discontinuous lines on imported SVG files

jmillerXL6J2 — Mon, 02 May 2022 18:37:59 GMT

Nevermind. Just as soon as I asked, I figured it out.

(Select the face, not the edges. Duh.)