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svg files from Illustrator are too big

Pbrinton Pbrinton

June 02, 2015 04:37

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When I import svg files I saved in Illustrator they show as being much too big. I have to reduce them to 35.26% to match their size in Illustrator.

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  Guillermo Melantoni June 02, 2015 12:32

  What units are you using in Illustrator?

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  Glenn Reimche June 02, 2015 14:52

  This is my take on the issue.

  Tinkercad reads the SVG dimensions as millimeters.

  But working in mm in Illustrator won't help, as it converts the mm to pixels (1mm will convert to 2.835px) when saving as SVG. So Tinkercad will expand the image by 283.5%, which is why you need to reduce the import to 1 / 2.835, or 35%.

  Easiest solution is probably to work in pixels in Illustrator and assume you're actually working in mm. A 10px X 10px rectangle in Illustrator will import as a 10mm X 10mm rectangle in Tinkercad. Even if your grid in Tinkercad is Inches.

  Or just always apply your 35% rule when importing.

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  Guillermo Melantoni June 02, 2015 15:55

  Glenn is right :)

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  Glenn Reimche June 02, 2015 17:42

  There's something you don't hear every day.

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  Guillermo Melantoni June 02, 2015 20:10

  I should be able to add a Like to your comment :)
  Sounds like a feature request for Zendesk :)

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  Pbrinton Pbrinton June 03, 2015 05:45

  Thanks. I have made an action in Illustrator to scale everything before saving to svg. Seemed simplest of the available choices!

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  Guillermo Melantoni June 03, 2015 06:09

  Awesome! I'll try to get a Tinkertip made with the action in Illustrator. Both Glenn and you will get credit for it :)