[solved] text as svg text

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juliend
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[solved] text as svg text

Post by juliend » Fri Sep 25, 2020 3:57 pm

Something odd:
when I export dxf to svg using the QCAD interface, the text is transformed into svg:path (bulky file :( )
BUT
when I use SvgExporterPG in a script, the text is exported as svg:TEXT (that is great!!! :D )

Question : why QCAD doesn't export text as svg text from the interface?

using qcad-3.24.3-pro-linux-x86_64
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andrew
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Re: text as svg text

Post by andrew » Fri Sep 25, 2020 4:01 pm

It's a preference:
Edit > Application Preferences > File > Quick SVG Export > Preserve as much of the original geometry as possible

This uses SvgExporterPG instead of SvgExporter.
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juliend
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Re: text as svg text

Post by juliend » Fri Sep 25, 2020 4:18 pm

It works great!
But I have to admit that I wasn't able to find this information in the manual. "Preserve geometry" was rather counter-intuitive: in my case I wanted to preserve the text but not the geometry...
Thank you very much!!! :D
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