HI,
This may be an extremely silly question, but when I attempt to scale down an imported SVG it seems to be able to scale up but not down. Is there something I'm doing wrong?
I'm creating text in Inkscape then converting it to a path, importing into FreeCAD, and upgrading it to create faces. Problem is it's way too large.
Any help would be appreciated.
OS: Mac OS X
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.16.6706 (Git)
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Scaling Down an imported SVG
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Re: Scaling Down an imported SVG
Hi, when importing an SVG file made in Inkscape you have to realize that 1 px in Inkscape is imported as 1 mm in FreeCad. Scaling can easiest be done in Inkscape.
Another possibility is that in FreeCad you create clones of your faces or extrusions. Clones can be scaled to the size you want
Another possibility is that in FreeCad you create clones of your faces or extrusions. Clones can be scaled to the size you want
Re: Scaling Down an imported SVG
I thought this was only the case for exporting. AFAIK the importer uses 90 dpi per default.Willem wrote:when importing an SVG file made in Inkscape you have to realize that 1 px in Inkscape is imported as 1 mm in FreeCad.
https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/blob ... VG.py#L510
Re: Scaling Down an imported SVG
One thing to note, is that Inkscape 0.92, released last month, now has a 96 dpi scale.
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Re: Scaling Down an imported SVG
Thanks Willem, that helps alot... this begs another question though. Is there a way to constrain the scale to all axis at the same time without adding values for each co-ordinate?Another possibility is that in FreeCad you create clones of your faces or extrusions. Clones can be scaled to the size you want
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Re: Scaling Down an imported SVG
Thanks NormadC that's helpful! I've got a lot to learn.. ha ha.