Windows 11 Pro
QCAD 3.27.8
In the attached DXF file, I have five similar blocks. If I go to the block definition space for one and then do a quick SVG export, it works as expected. If, however, I insert a reference to one of the blocks into the main model space and do a quick SVG export, the resulting SVG seems to change. If I explode the reference to a raw polyline, it will again work as expected.
I have included the two SVG files, plus side-by-side screenshots of both SVG files open in Inkscape and TinkerCAD.
SVG Export of block references
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- ryancousins
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SVG Export of block references
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Re: SVG Export of block references
Hi ryancousins,
Please file a bug-report below:
https://www.qcad.org/bugtracker
Thanks for the heads up!
It looks to me that the reason for that is a vertical flip of the block during the inserting process. The block itself (Edit Block mode) exports perfectly to a svg because it wasn't flipped. Compare Property Editor / Scale: Y -1 instead of 1.ryancousins wrote: ↑Mon Dec 19, 2022 2:45 amIf, however, I insert a reference to one of the blocks into the main model space and do a quick SVG export, the resulting SVG seems to change. If I explode the reference to a raw polyline, it will again work as expected.
Please file a bug-report below:
https://www.qcad.org/bugtracker
Thanks for the heads up!
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Re: SVG Export of block references
Same issue here ... probably:
https://qcad.org/bugtracker/index.php?d ... sk_id=2406
And there were older reports that were fixed ...
The question remains why a symmetric shape has been flipped in X or in Y or even in both ...
Not speaking of flipping in Z what may occur too.
Still, agreed, the SVG export should handle these correctly.
Regards,
CVH
https://qcad.org/bugtracker/index.php?d ... sk_id=2406
And there were older reports that were fixed ...
The question remains why a symmetric shape has been flipped in X or in Y or even in both ...
Not speaking of flipping in Z what may occur too.
Still, agreed, the SVG export should handle these correctly.
Regards,
CVH
- ryancousins
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Re: SVG Export of block references
Thanks guys. It looks like the vertical flip option state is remembered between successive block insertions. So a previous unrelated block that I did mean to flip vertically carried over here but of course I didn't notice because the shape is symmetrical about the X axis. I'll add a bug report.
- ryancousins
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Re: SVG Export of block references
Andrew deleted my bug entry as it was a duplicate to this one you mentioned. Thankfully it's easy enough to explode things as a workaround.CVH wrote: ↑Mon Dec 19, 2022 8:42 amSame issue here ... probably:
https://qcad.org/bugtracker/index.php?d ... sk_id=2406