SVG support - vlachoudis/bCNC GitHub Wiki

SVG support in bCNC

bCNC currently only supports subset of SVG. While this might change in future, it only support paths without transforms for now. ( vote here: https://github.com/regebro/svg.path/issues/36 )

This document will tell you how to prepare SVGs for bCNC. This is also good reading if you try to preprocess SVG file for any other CAD/CAM software, which often use the same subset of SVG format.

SVG Shape does not show in bCNC at all

  • Inkscape -> Path -> Object to path (Shift+Ctrl+C)
  • Inkscape -> Path -> Stroke to path (Ctrl+Alt+C)

SVG Shape shows wrongly placed, rotated or sized in bCNC

Select the group and press

  • Inkscape -> Object -> Degroup (Ctrl+Shift+G)
  • Inkscape -> Object -> Group (Ctrl+G)

This should apply the transforms

For some objects who have a similar problem, spirals and stars for an example, the quick way is to do

  • Inkscape -> Path -> Stroke to path (Ctrl+Alt+C)

Use Inkscape plugin apply-transforms

Alternative method to apply transforms might be to use this plugin