Has anyone had any luck opening svg files with CorelDraw? I'm using Corel X5 and they import /open as mishmash.
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Has anyone had any luck opening svg files with CorelDraw? I'm using Corel X5 and they import /open as mishmash.
Mike Null
St. Louis Laser, Inc.
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Work fine with X4...so far.
You probably jinxed it now.
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Lee
I was thinking I used to be able to open them with X3 also. There are a couple of other things in X5 I've apparently jinxed as well.
Mike Null
St. Louis Laser, Inc.
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Gravograph IS400
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Dye Sublimation
CorelDraw X5, X7
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Just checked one with X3 and it opened no problem.
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Mine imports with no problems.
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I think a work-around is not to take the default file import type, and select eps/ps instead. That way it expects the vector information on the format and brings it in.
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X4 imports SVG no problem.
X4 opens SVG no problem.
Try this SVG file...
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ript_Tiger.svg
Last edited by Robert Walters; 01-22-2011 at 7:05 PM.
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Wow Mike, I've got the same results as you. I know I've opened SVG's in V12 and now I can't get them to work in either 12 or X5. Silouettes open fine, so maybe the problem is when there are layers. When I open the file it appears locked. When I import the file, it appears unlocked.Originally Posted by Mike Null
I'm going to the ARA and taking a couple of Corel seminars, so I'll see if I can get an answer to this. I know sometimes I've had to use the specific extension in order for files to open in the past, but even that doesn't work!
Ron
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I open with inskape, INKSKAPE IS FREE
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Do you get the same results opening SVG directly vs creating a new/empty drawing and importing it?
Yoga class makes me feel like a total stud, mostly because I'm about as flexible as a 2x4.
"Design"? Possibly. "Intelligent"? Sure doesn't look like it from this angle.
We used to be hunter gatherers. Now we're shopper borrowers.
The three most important words in the English language: "Front Towards Enemy".
The world makes a lot more sense when you remember that Butthead was the smart one.
You can never be too rich, too thin, or have too much ammo.
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Lee, I get this when I open SVG's directly and when I start a new doc and import, and I agree, I think Mike jinked it for me too!
Ron
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Corel Draw 12 & X5
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Lee
My result is the same either way.
Here is the tiger.
Mike Null
St. Louis Laser, Inc.
Trotec Speedy 300, 80 watt
Gravograph IS400
Woodworking shop CLTT and Laser Sublimation
Dye Sublimation
CorelDraw X5, X7
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Mike, my results of that same Tiger looks exactly like yours.
Ron
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Corel Draw 12 & X5
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Ok, that tiger file glitches for me in X4 as well, but all the other SVGs I have on disc (mostly Inkscape example files and VectorMagic output) work fine.
Just for jollies, I did an 'ungroup all' on the "glitched" version, then removed the artifacts by hand and compared the result to the original in Inkscape. As far as I can tell visually, there is no difference. It looks like the artifacts are isolated orphan nodes that got grouped/connected at some point, forming new and unintended objects. I suspect the fault is with whatever app was used to convert it from the original PostScript to SVG: if I use Inkscape to convert it back to PostScript, Corel opens the result without the artifacts. (Not to mention that I've opened that file before in older versions of Corel, probably from the GhostScript install package.)
Yoga class makes me feel like a total stud, mostly because I'm about as flexible as a 2x4.
"Design"? Possibly. "Intelligent"? Sure doesn't look like it from this angle.
We used to be hunter gatherers. Now we're shopper borrowers.
The three most important words in the English language: "Front Towards Enemy".
The world makes a lot more sense when you remember that Butthead was the smart one.
You can never be too rich, too thin, or have too much ammo.
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The tiger file looks good by comparison to the file I really wanted to open. I think I'll either try one of the free programs or reload X3. I do like X3 better than X5 anyway--with a couple of exceptions.
Mike Null
St. Louis Laser, Inc.
Trotec Speedy 300, 80 watt
Gravograph IS400
Woodworking shop CLTT and Laser Sublimation
Dye Sublimation
CorelDraw X5, X7
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