Why can't I insert an SVG?

[lemelman]

I must be dong something wrong, but what?

I open a sketch, select 'Insert SVG', choose the SVG from my computer, and it just disappears. What am I doing wrong please?

[LeonardoBN]

Isn't it in a big scale (not your SVG's fault, but the importing process)? Sometimes I have to scale down a lot to see the imported geometry.

[lemelman]

The SVG is about A5 sized, so it's very comparable in size to the sketch.

[TheCADWhisperer]

Attach the file here.

[lemelman]

Here's the f3d, and the SVG.

[TheCADWhisperer]

I am not sure how to get the svg file to appear, but in any case, my preference would be to place as a canvas image, scale and trace over.

[g-andresen]

Hi,

I have the impression that something is going wrong with the measurements.
In Fusion I measure 4695 mm after the import and in another application I measure about 177 mm. After the re-import in SVG it is 46.95 mm.
The attached file contains a re-import in DXF and measures 177 mm, just like before the re-import.

günther

[LeonardoBN]

The original SVG is being imported really big.

Screencasts:

Only SVG: https://autode.sk/33Qbhd0 

Your file: https://autode.sk/33Qbhd0 

[lemelman]

Thanks to Leonardo's and Guenther's observations, it turns out that the SVG, which measures 182mm x 124mm in CorelDraw, is inserted some 250x larger. And not only that, the unwanted scaling doesn't include the line weight, so if I scale the SVG in Fusion, the lines become far too thin.

Is this a bug in Fusion, or is the SVG faulty in some way?

[g-andresen]

Hi,

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@lemelman wrote:

 And not only that, the unwanted scaling doesn't include the line weight, so if I scale the SVG in Fusion, the lines become far too thin.

Is this a bug in Fusion, or is the SVG faulty in some way?

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I don't know of any vector graphics application that delivers the line width for a single line.

günther

[LeonardoBN · Accepted solution]

I don't know the correct terms, but the line thickness may not be exported directly to a SVG. It seems to be your case, where the 5 mm thickness are exported as "no thickness" lines.

There is an option in CorelDRAW:

1) Select your geometry and click Ungroup all Objects;

2) Object Menu / Convert Outline to Object (Ctrl+Shift+Q)

It will ungroup all lines and will convert your visible lines to a "real" geometry ready to be exported.

Here is the result in Fusion:

In this another example, i created two circles with different thickness (mm):

 

And the result in Fusion, applying or not that conversion:

[lemelman]

Thank you Leonardo,

That worked really well and totally solved my problem.