trouble exporting to svg

[gj1]

Just do as mitsim does...and you do not need to take into any other program, I would not think...if the svg opens with straight lines for scores, then indicate in eCal that they are to be scored, not cut.

Mitsim...do your .svg's open with scored lines? Or do your scuts open with scored lines, and then you open in illustrator and change to straight lines?

I'm confused. My svg's always open with straight lines and it takes no time at all, really, to change things up(Select All, Break Apart, Hide the other lines, Group the straight score lines and change to dash lines, Show All, Hide the scores and group the rest). Many people delete them all together and just score by hand. Everyone has their own preferences. So whether you change up as it is now, delete, or format for the way you want it, or use other programs to achieve the same...each person is going to have to do some operation to have it be as they want it.

[1artgirl]

I am trying to put together a project to sell the pattern. I would like my customers to be able to have the scored lines intact, rather than the hassle of them breaking and changing and regrouping. They just want a clean pattern, as I would if I were paying money for it.

Also, as I am tweeking out the project constantly, this is a major hassle.

[Louise-Paisley]

personally I never use a dashed line or a score line..

I use one layer for cut lines, another layer for score lines.. Then I just turn on which ever layer I need when I send to the cutter..

As I understood it the score line is for a machine that can cut and score in one operation, on my cutter I put an embossing tool in and send the score lines, then swap to a blade and send the cut lines

[1artgirl]

Personally, I do use score lines. My eClips cuts them wonderfully. I do have them on a seperate layer.

My question is; when I export the file to .svg, it turns my score lines into straight lines and adds a fill color to every layer of my project. How do I export my files to .svg without them becoming corrupted?

[gj1]

Regarding pattern...not sure of what type...but I know with embroidery designs, depending on the file format the colors get changed and the seller usually provides a color chart photo, with thread numbers and such as that type of pattern goes.

I think people know that this happens and when they purchase a file it does not mean that they don't have to do a bit of work for their own finish.

[1artgirl]

You are not understanding what I am saying.

Simple question (same question three different ways):

1. When I export a project, that contains scored lines, to .svg - how do I stop the program from making my score lines straight lines?

2. The program continues to corrupt my lines (when exporting to .svg) - how do I stop it from doing that?

3. I save scored lines in my project (when exporting to .svg) -- the program corrupts my scored lines and turns them into straight lines. How do I stop that from happening?

[gj1]

The topic has been listed under 'bugs'...so we will see if there is a response about it.
I am sorry that none of us have the answer. I believe we have always just known that we will have to use the controls to change up the .svgs, when we open them in scal.

Thank you for your input on this and let's see what happens. You could also write a personal note to Support using the form below.


http://craftedge.com/support/support_form.html

[1artgirl]

Thank you so much, I have submitted a request for help from them.

I have purchased .svg files from SVG Cuts and they show scored lines. I have downloaded from free sights and they have shown score lines.

[gj1]

That is what I was just trying to figure out, myself...I know I have downloaded and they come in all straight, and I was thinking I had seen where the lines remained dashed, also.

We will get to the bottom of this, although that may not help you at the present moment. This is how matters get resolved, so thanks again for bringing this up.

[Louise-Paisley]

Again in case you somehow missed it..

I would say there are actually two bugs involved here maybe..

It would seem when exporting the SVG SCAL 3 incorrectly sets the objects to filled and the stroke style to solid. If you export the file with strokes and open them in another svg compatible editor they have a fill applied.

Working the other way, it seems that importing a file INTO SCAL3 SCAL completely ignores any dashed style on a stroke, so setting the line to dashed in inkscape and saving the file when Imported into SCAL it is a solid line.

If the SVG is saved by another program such as Inkscape with no fill, just strokes, it imports into SCAL with no fill as it should do.

Unless there is some reason for this, and to be honest I cannot for the life of me think of one, I think it is safe to say it is a bug and I would report it to Craftedge for fixing in a future update

There is no other answer, there is no way to do what you are asking because it is a bug in the way SCAL exports and imports SVG's, the only thing you can do is contact craft edge support and request they fix the issue in a future update..

In the mean time, if you wish to have a preview in windows explorer or mac equivalent an alternative workaround is to grap a screenshot of the file and save it in the same folder as your SCAL file (which WILL save the score lines and fills correctly) with the same name as the SCAL file but ending in .jpg

You will then be able to browse the folder with thumbnails of the JPG images for a preview and when you spot the file you want the SCAL file to open will be right next to it.

It is not perfect, but at this time that is pretty much your only option I am afraid