ungroup svg file

[Yusup_18]

hello, i'm new user, who trying editing svg file's.
i was search a tutor on youtube about ungroup svg file in affinity designer, but isn't work, because feature like editing document or paste special, is doesn't appear, cant u help me guys, to fix the problem, thanks . by the way my affinity version  v 1.10.4.... (newest version) windows.

[Ron P.]

Welcome to the forum @Yusup_18,

Your screenshot appears to be of the Right-Click Menu. You need to go to the Edit>Paste Special. It's found under the Edit Menu.

[Yusup_18]

5 minutes ago, Ron P. said:

Welcome to the forum @Yusup_18,

Your screenshot appears to be of the Right-Click Menu. You need to go to the Edit>Paste Special. It's found under the Edit Menu.

thanks, Ron, the method works, but is there any other easier way? to ungroup svg?

[Ron P.]

You need to Open the file, not Place it. Or change the Placement Policy to Embed instead of Linked. Then you can place it, and when you double click it, or press the Edit Document button, it will open in another document, where you can edit/ungroup it.

[Yusup_18]

30 minutes ago, Ron P. said:

You need to Open the file, not Place it. Or change the Placement Policy to Embed instead of Linked. Then you can place it, and when you double click it, or press the Edit Document button, it will open in another document, where you can edit/ungroup it.

can you give me more detail to setting up, about "change the Placement Policy to Embed instead of Linked", please😀, how to do that

[walt.farrell]

6 minutes ago, Yusup_18 said:

can you give me more detail to setting up, about "change the Placement Policy to Embed instead of Linked", please😀, how to do that

You specify that when creating the document (File > New) that you're Placing the SVG into. Or by using File > Document Setup before Placing the SVG. 

But I'm not sure what you mean by "ungroup" in this case. Even if you switch to Embed, that will allow you to edit the embedded SVG, and work with its contents. But it still remains an embedded document from the perspective of the outer document. It will remain 1 layer in that outer document, which may not be what you want.

You should use the Paste Special method, or Open the SVG file, Copy the items you want, and then use File > New from Clipboard or Copy/Paste to put the copied data into a new document. 

[v_kyr]

• AD Online help
• Embedding vs Linking
• AD Preferences (see general options there)

[Yusup_18]

oke guys, thank's for the answer, that really insightful for newbies like me, thank to @Ron P.,@walt.farrell, @v_kyr  for helping me.

[Ron P.]

Your Welcome

 

[walt.farrell]

You're welcome, @Yusup_18.

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