Importing files into inkscape & almost blank svg's

[annie21211]

I draw designs in AutoCad and this works fine with my Wishblade(converting the .dxf to .gsd) but not with SCAL.

What I do is save the file as a .dxf with AutoCad and then import the file into Inkscape and save as an .svg. This looks like it works but the .svg is almost blank when I open it in SCAL. Only the radiuses are showing. Hubby messed around in inkscape and simplified it and saved as an .svg and the whole drawing showed up in SCAL and I thought everything was fine, but when I cut it, it only cut the radiuses.

I found some info on this forum to do when you have blank .svg's but it's not working and I'm thinking the problem lies in the import of the .dxf into Inkscape but I'm not knowledgeable enough about tech stuff to figure it out on my own. I appreciate any help!

[Craigg64]

There can be a number of things.
If you anly have SCAL and not SCAL2 the DXF from autocad might have layers and may get transfered over to the svg in Inkscape. SCAL one does not handle layers. If you have SCAL2 it maybe possible that the layer information maybe not be compatible???????

SO when in Inkscape I would make sure there are no groups in the imported DXF and make sure all shapes are paths.

It has been a loooong time since I used autocad but if I remember correctly I think the radiuses where infact paths but other shapes where polylines. So maybe makesure they are converted to paths in Inkscape.

Don't forget to use the preview function in SCAL before you cut.

If you have done all that and still no luck try opening an new page in Inkscape, Select your design from the old file and copy it to the new one. Save and open the new one in SCAL. I have found sometimes this helps if the original svg is behaving funny in SCAL. Why ??? Who knows. Magic

If you could also post up the svg some of us can have a look for you

Cheers
Craig

[firstcut]

Are you using Inkscape .47? The reason I ask is because it uses a different SVG standard and the rules for SVG prep are different and we haven't got all our workarounds pinned down yet. One thing we think we have figured out is that you need to do a path>union on all shapes before you save them in Ink .47 to get SCAL to see them properly.

[jasenj1]

Vital tips for Inkscape:

Ungroup! Ungroup! Ungroup!

To Path! To Path! To Path!

And with 0.47...

Combine! Combine! Combine!

Inkscape 0.47 is a bit trickier than 0.46 was. The main thing to remember is:
SCAL only cuts PATHS.

You have to take a few extra steps and spend a little extra time to ensure that your image only contains paths.

- Jasen.

[annie21211]

Thank you everyone who replied. I am trying these things out.