Luthiers using Freecad

[raspler]

Hello to all helpers!
I have solved the problem. In Inkscape there is an option to display side grids to draw vertical and horizontal lines. I have activated these side grids. After redoing the drawing (maybe for the 100th time) and then hiding the side grids, the import worked without any problems. Who expects something like this? Side grids are only background and not part of the drawing. But no matter. Now it works. Again many many thanks for your support. Kind regards from Germany.

[mnesarco]

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Hello raspler,

There are some important things to verify when you want to import SVG into Marz Workbench. It used the FreeCAD import svg functionality that is not perfect, so the recommendations are:

1. Be sure that your all objects in Inkscape are no goups, just plain Path objects.
2. Be sure that there are no transformation involved, Inkscape can save the svg file with all transformations pre-applied.
3. Be sure that the midline is a Path (as any object that you want to import in MarzWB).
4. Be sure that contour is a closed path.
5. Be sure that the headstock contour is horizontal with head facing to right.
6. contour path and midline path must intersect at most left edge of contour.
7. transition must instersect contour in excactly two points that are not acute vertexes.

Take into account that Marz Workbench will not generate a good transition between neck and Headstock in the current version.

[jeno]

Hello to all helpers!
I have solved the problem. In Inkscape there is an option to display side grids to draw vertical and horizontal lines...

Maybe I don't get the point, but it is always possible to draw vertical and horizontal lines.

raspler_inkscape.png (29.31 KiB) Viewed 1022 times

Choose Bezier pen and activate "create a sequence of paraxial line segments" mode.
Pick the starting point, then press and hold control key (STRG auf deutscher Tastatur/ on german keyboard). Now move the line until it is vertical or horizontal and place the endpoint.

cheers

[raspler]

Hello mnesarco
Hello jeno
thank you very much for this good tips. I will definitely use them for my next project.
Thanks again to all the users who helped me.
My problem is now solved and I can continue working.
Friendly Greetings

[kellander]

Hi!
After reading and testing I still have some issues.
May be related to
osx 13.4.1
incskape 1.2
FreeCAD 0.20.2
Marz guitar Designer 0.0.27 alpha

When using the provided files from wiki everything seems to work and a complete guitar is created i marz workbench.

When I create a new file in Incskape I get "there is no contour path" when trying to import custom shapes. I'm probably missing some obvious task when preparing the file?

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09:43:28  processing element 1: svg
09:43:28  existing group transform: []
09:43:28  name: svg6265
09:43:28  done processing element 1
09:43:28  processing element 2: sodipodi:namedview
09:43:28  existing group transform: [Matrix ((1,0,0,0),(0,1,0,0),(0,0,1,0),(0,0,0,1))]
09:43:28  name: namedview6267
09:43:28  done processing element 2
09:43:28  processing element 3: defs
09:43:28  existing group transform: [Matrix ((1,0,0,0),(0,1,0,0),(0,0,1,0),(0,0,0,1))]
09:43:28  name: defs6262
09:43:28  done processing element 3
09:43:28  processing element 4: inkscape:path-effect
09:43:28  existing group transform: [Matrix ((1,0,0,0),(0,1,0,0),(0,0,1,0),(0,0,0,1))]
09:43:28  name: path-effect6791
09:43:28  done processing element 4
09:43:28  processing element 5: inkscape:path-effect
09:43:28  existing group transform: [Matrix ((1,0,0,0),(0,1,0,0),(0,0,1,0),(0,0,0,1))]
09:43:28  name: path-effect6275
09:43:28  done processing element 5
09:43:28  processing element 6: path
09:43:28  existing group transform: [Matrix ((1,0,0,0),(0,1,0,0),(0,0,1,0),(0,0,0,1))]
09:43:28  name: rect6269
09:43:28  data: {'id': ['rect6269'], 'style': 'fill:none;stroke:#000000;stroke-width:0.2', 'inkscape:label': ['contour'], 'd': ['m', '59.693657', '112.41014', '82.950923', '12.01626', '25.97062', '34.88591', 'H', '59.693657', 'Z'], 'sodipodi:nodetypes': ['ccccc'], 'fill': 'none', 'stroke': '#000000', 'stroke-width': '0.2'}
09:43:28  move Vector (59.693657, -112.41014, 0.0)
09:43:28  line Vector (59.693657, -112.41014, 0.0) Vector (142.64458000000002, -124.4264, 0.0)
09:43:28  line Vector (142.64458000000002, -124.4264, 0.0) Vector (168.61520000000002, -159.31231, 0.0)
09:43:28  applying group transform: Matrix ((1,0,0,0),(0,1,0,0),(0,0,1,0),(0,0,0,1))
09:43:28  done processing element 6
09:43:28  processing element 7: path
09:43:28  existing group transform: [Matrix ((1,0,0,0),(0,1,0,0),(0,0,1,0),(0,0,0,1))]
09:43:28  name: path6273
09:43:28  data: {'style': 'fill:none;stroke:#000000;stroke-width:0.2', 'd': ['m', '38.374497', '135.86122', 'c', '13.437798', '0', '26.875332', '0', '40.312601', '0'], 'id': ['path6273'], 'inkscape:path-effect': ['#path-effect6275'], 'inkscape:original-d': ['m', '38.374497', '135.86122', 'c', '13.437798', '2.7e-4', '26.875332', '2.7e-4', '40.312601', '0'], 'inkscape:label': ['midline'], 'fill': 'none', 'stroke': '#000000', 'stroke-width': '0.2'}
09:43:28  move Vector (38.374497, -135.86122, 0.0)
09:43:28  applying group transform: Matrix ((1,0,0,0),(0,1,0,0),(0,0,1,0),(0,0,0,1))
09:43:28  done processing element 7
09:43:28  processing element 8: path
09:43:28  existing group transform: [Matrix ((1,0,0,0),(0,1,0,0),(0,0,1,0),(0,0,0,1))]
09:43:28  name: path6789
09:43:28  data: {'style': 'fill:none;stroke:#000000;stroke-width:0.2', 'd': ['m', '84.113795', '104.65772', 'c', '0', '21.70705', '0', '43.41383', '0', '65.12035'], 'id': ['path6789'], 'inkscape:path-effect': ['#path-effect6791'], 'inkscape:original-d': ['m', '84.113795', '104.65772', 'c', '2.65e-4', '21.70705', '2.65e-4', '43.41383', '0', '65.12035'], 'inkscape:label': ['transition'], 'fill': 'none', 'stroke': '#000000', 'stroke-width': '0.2'}
09:43:28  move Vector (84.113795, -104.65772, 0.0)
09:43:28  applying group transform: Matrix ((1,0,0,0),(0,1,0,0),(0,0,1,0),(0,0,0,1))
09:43:28  done processing element 8
09:43:28  closing group

Regards
Jonas

[kellander]

Hi!
Seems I found the problem. I mistook path ID for "label".

This seems to do it:

Set the document properties before sketching： "File" > "Document Properties," set the Scale to 1.0 and the Units to mm. III. Save the file : Click "File" > "Save As..." > Select "Plain SVG (*. svg)" > Check the box to export as SVG 1.1 > "Save".

Object properties - ID and label according to Marz instructions.


Regards
Jonas

[mnesarco]

Hi!
Seems I found the problem. I mistook path ID for "label".

This seems to do it:

Set the document properties before sketching： "File" > "Document Properties," set the Scale to 1.0 and the Units to mm. III. Save the file : Click "File" > "Save As..." > Select "Plain SVG (*. svg)" > Check the box to export as SVG 1.1 > "Save".

Object properties - ID and label according to Marz instructions.


Regards
Jonas

Yes

[mnesarco]

This is a very basic video of how to import an SVG file from Inkscape:

Example: Import Headstock Shape from svg file
Design source (pdf): https://www.electricherald.com/music-man-jpx/

-New document 1 - Inkscape_001.png (149.97 KiB) Viewed 558 times

Video: https://youtu.be/DDGql3_6MrQ