How to remove Transform Matrix from SVG files

[Nick600]

When I exported an SVG I saw the flatten tick box option under more, I thought that would remove the transform matrix calculation and correct the other figure to compensate but unfortunately not. Is there a way of doing this in order to make the SVG file more human-friendly?

[stokerg]

Hi @Nick600and Welcome to the Forums,

On 4/28/2022 at 6:20 PM, Nick600 said:

Is there a way of doing this in order to make the SVG file more human-friendly?

Not that i'm aware of.  The Flatten Transform tick box should generate the SVG without transforms.  What is the issue you are seeing when using the Flatten option?

[creativelogic]

There is a way... It's a weird hack, but it definitely works. You have to "merge the shape" as noted in this thread. So you just select the shape(s) and then go to:
Layer Menu > Geometry > Add.

That will remove the transforms. It's a bummer that in Affinity Designer 2.0 that was just released this is still an issue. But at least the work around continues to work.

Edited December 19, 2022 by creativelogic
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[v_kyr]

Well beside using the "Flatten Transform" option on the SVG export panel, there's of course also a manual way (for SVG code hackers) by editing SVG code inside any good text editor. In order to get the idea take a look here ...

• Removing transform translate from an svg code