importing complex svg into fushion 360

[jkuipers2]

Hi there,

for digital modeling, I would like to import my illustrator drawings as SVG files into fushion.

every time I try this the program crashes. How can I overcome this problem?

[davebYYPCU · Accepted solution]

Importing illustrator drawings as SVG files into fusion - doesn’t end well.

Fusion has to determine each and every sketch article as a mathematical co-ordinate definition internally.  You will need lots of computer RAM, and patience.

Might help....

[jhackney1972]

You attached a PDF, not an SVG, file.  I ran it through a converter and it imported very well into Fusion 360.  The resulting model is attached.

[TrippyLighting]

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@jhackney1972 wrote:

You attached a PDF, not an SVG, file.  I ran it through a converter and it imported very well into Fusion 360.  The resulting model is attached.

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Which might mean hat some offending data (the stuff that caused the crash) was lost in the conversion 😉

[jhackney1972]

Maybe I just was holding my mouth right or I have the “touch”!

[TrippyLighting]

@jhackney1972 you have "the Touch". I like that story. Lets stick to it 😉

[jkuipers2]

What other program would you suggest, if I may ask?
Blender imports svg files easily, but doesnt copy the scale of the file...

thank you

[jeff_strater]

Does Fusion actually crash here (that is, do you see a Crash Report dialog)?  Or, more likely, is Fusion just VERY busy, and you think it has crashed?  Just looking at the PDF here, I can see that there are probably tens of thousands of very tiny lines in this SVG, and this will cause Fusion to struggle.  You mention that "Blender imports svg files easily", but that is a very different operation in Blender.  Fusion has a constrained sketch environment, which requires a lot more processing than I suspect Blender needs, so the comparison is not really valid.  Most likely, @jhackney1972 succeeded because he was very patient, and just waited for the operation to finish.