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Importing SVG files
joseph_newcomer
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.svg is listed as one of the file formats that can be imported. My client has sent to me an SVG file in several colors. The idea is to place this logo on sketch within a document or assembly, extrude it (in several colors) then use a Prusa XL printer to print it in several colors. But when I try to "Import Image", it tells me there are no image files available, even after I locate and click on the .svg file. What am I missing here? Alternatively, how could I convert the SVG file to a file that can be placed on a sketch and extruded.
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This is NOT actually a solution. All comers… please disregard this useless link to a thread from 2017. I mention the date because it punctuates how neglectful OnShape has been towards this more than 20 year old, globally and nearly universally supported standard file format. OnShape has no native support for .svg files, which is embarrassing. The insert image tool mistakenly treats .svg files like raster files. Hello OnShape! Are you there? Did you know that .svg files are VECTOR?! As .svg files are VECTOR, comprised of MATHEMATICAL POINTS, there is no reason for OnShape to lack native and very reliable importing support.
Please, OnShape, give .svg file importing the attention it deserves. Treat .svg files as mathematical artwork, because that's what they actually are, and translate them correctly as countless web-browsers and illustration applications do so their artwork can be employed in sketches and CAD modeling.
Hey @SolverHeath,
Sorry to hear about your frustrations which are completely understandable. I should have also mentioned with that link, that there is not currently a solution for importing .svg files.
We are hearing your feedback and will discuss it internally. In the meantime, could you give your vote to this improvement request:
Thanks,
David
I second the ability to import .svg files and have them work similar to importing .dxf files.
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