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Issue with SVG importation from Inkscape

binon_stepane — Tue, 21 May 2024 18:16:58 GMT

Hello,
I have an issue when I import my svg from Inkscape. I think it is my svg shape that is not closed. It also seems that when I do minor changes, it is not always the same shapes that have an issue, so I don't really have an idea of the origin of the issue.

I have tried the solutions that I could find on the forum but none seem to fix my issue. I am still a beginner in using Inkscape so it may be something obvious.
Thank you for your help.

Re: Issue with SVG importation from Inkscape

jhackney1972 — Tue, 21 May 2024 19:16:21 GMT

You SVG creation, if from Inkscape, is full of breaks in the profile lines. If you sketch a angled line across one of the areas that is not a profile and move it along from side to side of the area you will find the breaks. I would say that your issue is with Inkscape and not Fusion. The SVG will of course work with Thin Extrude command but I do not think that is what you want.

Re: Issue with SVG importation from Inkscape

binon_stepane — Tue, 21 May 2024 21:58:43 GMT

Thanks for your answer, I have check that my shapes are closed in Inkscape, it is the case (as you can see in the joint image). So I think it is an issue with the importation of Fusion or the characteristics. Maybe Fusion is waiting for a particular SVG format or properties.

Re: Issue with SVG importation from Inkscape

jeff_strater — Wed, 22 May 2024 00:13:30 GMT

The tolerance for "connected" is likely different for Inkscape and Fusion. For instance, focusing on the left-side eye boundary in this model:

using the divide-and-conquer method, we can see that the lower right side is fully connected, but the upper left area is not. Further, using Select Other, we can find that there is one place where there are two points:

and, further, using Measure, we can see that these two points are actually close, but not exactly the same:

making these points coincident (after unlocking the geometry), fixes the problem:

Re: Issue with SVG importation from Inkscape

binon_stepane — Wed, 22 May 2024 14:31:11 GMT

OK thank you a lot. I will try this method to correct my issue. It is still weird to me as this error seems to be really random : sometimes I have it, sometimes not...

Re: Issue with SVG importation from Inkscape

djlunty — Thu, 23 May 2024 03:54:47 GMT

@binon_stepane

There is an app in the fusion app store called Fill Gaps that finds and either fills or joins end points within a specified distance. I took your SVG file and ran the app on it. "Unfix" all the lines, set Gap width (I used 0.01) and run the app. The white dots are all the gaps smaller than 0.01. Hit okay and they are either joined or filled and all your profiles will work as expected. Took about 1 minute to complete - your sketch as a lot of short lines.

Doug