Hi :) I got an off-list reply that might help other people (and me too of course). Regards from Tom :)
On 11 March 2015 at 14:46, SOS <*hidden*> wrote: > SVG is "new" and not as stable as it should be, Inscape acts as a > "standard" > first converting EPS to PDF and then importing the PDF into Inscape and > from there saving as "SVG" gives mostly the best results. > when still having unexpected results, trie to convert to EMF (Window Meta > File) who is more stable and very well handled bij LO > > hope it helps > Fernand > > > On 11/03/2015 12:14, Tom Davies wrote: > >> Hi :) >> Ahh, i have trouble with the Svg output from Inkscape sometimes. I >> suspect >> it is a user-error (a classic pebkac probably). There are 2 versions of >> Svg output, one more standard and the other easier to pull back in and >> re-edit, and i think one of them goes a bit funny with any lettering. >> >> I haven't explored this enough to really figure out what is going on yet >> but i'm a total noob to Inkscape anyway. >> Regards from >> Tom :) >> >> >> >> >> >> On 11 March 2015 at 11:02, Wiebe van der Worp <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On 11-03-15 01:36, Steve Edmonds wrote: >>> >>> Most of my data sheets have EPS images (for the vector graphics) output >>>> from our cad system. Up until LO4.1 went to 4.2.. these were printed >>>> correctly. >>>> >>>> Not sure what CAD software is used, if it is ACAD and the work flow is >>> PSOUT in ACAD and then import in LO, you may want to consider changing >>> your >>> flow: Acad PSOUT > Inkscape save (SVG) > LO. >>> >>> I understand it is an extra step but it will give you great post edit >>> possibilities in Inkscape if needed, SVG is a clean format and LO >>> supports >>> it pretty good (except for fancy fonts and effects like drop shadows). >>> Best >>> of all: Geometry is pretty well preserved. >>> >>> Two examples from CAD: >>> http://media.vanderworp.org/metafiles/etc/cable_hook_equal.svg: Seamless >>> into LO. >>> http://media.vanderworp.org/metafiles/diagrams/banker1.svg: Shadow >>> becomes solid in LO, so be it. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] >>> Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to- >>> unsubscribe/ >>> Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >>> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >>> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be >>> deleted >>> >>> > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
