help, importing and ungrouping svgs

[Titan03]

I am new and have been searching for svg's to include in my collection. I have found great artwork from crafters that are so generous to share. My problem is that many of the svg's are not created in layers. When I import I get the entire svg with no layers. I do know how to ungroup in SCAL 2 but I am confused as to how I can put the individual pieces on their own layers for easier cutting and filing. Not sure if I am explaining my question very well but would appreciate if anyone could point my in the direction of a tutorial to help.

[HeatherM]

If you are using the recent versions of SCAL2, anything in an svg that hasn't been combined into one Path will be on it's own layer in a group folder.

If the pieces have been combined or unioned, you will need to use Break apart. Then you can use Object/Group or Object/Merge to keep any pieces together that you want on the same layer. HTH