SVG export doesn't seem to include intended dimensions?

[Otto Manuel]

Hi,

 I have been working with some SVG files exported from Affinity Designer, and the next app I load them in does not recognize a document size. In this case I am drawing the shapes to scale with a document size in inches.

 Is this is a basic characteristic of SVG format or is there some way I can learn to make sure that my SVG exports maintain the intended dimensions?

 Thank you!

[BofG]

 

[v_kyr]

4 hours ago, Otto Manuel said:

I have been working with some SVG files exported from Affinity Designer, and the next app I load them in does not recognize a document size. I this case I am drawing the shapes to scale with a document size in inches.

Hard to tell without seeing (into) the code of one of those generated Affinity SVGs then. - Maybe it's due to Affinity's default viewBox related code generation setting ...

Quote

<svg height="100%" width="100%" viewBox="0 0 1000 1000" ...

...vs...

<svg height="1000" width="1000" ...

...or...

<svg viewBox="0 0 1000 1000"

See also for example:

• SVG Viewport and View Box

[Otto Manuel]

Thank you @v_kyr

 I opened my svg in a text editor and found the tag

<svg width="100%" height="100%"

and changed it to the dimensions of the project. For example;

<svg width="7.5in" height="14in"

and now I can import the svg in other apps and have it load as I had hoped.

Thank you for pointing me in the right direction.