SVG Export : Convert symbols to <use>

[GenewalDesign]

The SVG language features an <use> element, that duplicates an item from the document, instead of multiplying the code blocks.

I did a huge illustration with lots of duplicated elements, and when I exported it, the code was HUGE. To reduce the size of my file, I had to manually translate every duplicated object with the <use> element.

Reference from mozilla : https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/SVG/Element/use

[Zeno]

I'm having the same issue.

Just a wasted opportunity to make the SVG export a lot better. Shouldn't be that hard to implement either.

I would love to see this being improved, along with many other issues that SVG export has right now.

[Briandash]

I came here to request this too! SVG file size could be reduced by like 90% if it wasn’t duplicating the code of every repeated asset. Maybe there could be a “clone” command in addition to copy/duplicate. Or a special layer, like an artboard, but to place all the symbol defs on that can get reused in the main image.