#Import inkscape svg files into word how to

So, how to proceed: the svg objects as ellipse, rectangles, lines and circles are recognized by FreeCAD when importing an svg file. I did some further investigations and I found out that two rectangle shapes, drawn inside Inkscape with the same dimensions set in the GUI, are stored in the svg files as two objects with different width and height attributes.įortunately the variations in the svg attributes from Inkscape is negligible for my purpose and, in any case, the precision of the FreeCAD sketcher when creating constraints between different shapes is rougher than the imprecision in the Inkscape attribute values. Searching on the internet didn’t find out anything explaining this behaviour. When it comes to the dimensions constraints, another surprise comes: the imported objects have all been stretched with a horizontal scaling factor which is different from the vertical scaling factor.įor example the sketch resulting from the import of a 50mmx100mm rectangle from Inkscape is a rectangle 75.3117mmx151.538mm: it has been inexplicably scaled by 1.506234 horizontally and by 1,51538 vertically. This is easy -even if boring- to overcome: it’s enough to impose all the constraints by hand.

two consequent segments of a rectangle) consists of two different superimposed points in the sketch. After struggling with the conversion of path objects into ellipses, lines and circles, I found out that in the imported sketch there are no imported contraints: you can still stretch all the objects, a common point between two lines (e.g.

Importing svg files from Inkscape into FreeCAD is not straightforward as one would expect. Svg dimensions vs Inkscape and FreeCAD dimensions

Import inkscape svg files into word