Export to SVG Converting Stroke to Fill

[mwean]

I'm trying to make a design for a laser cutter, and they need an SVG file with blue strokes, but when I export my design, it gets converted to shapes with blue fill. This post mentions that some stroke options are not supported by SVG, but I tried different stroke options with no luck. What can I do to make it export without fills?

ProtoBoard2.afdesign

[gdenby]

Hi, mwean.

 

I notice that almost all the objects have white fills. When those are exported, I see that both the fill and the stroke are defining an enclosed area, thus the blue shapes. When I set some of the rectangles to fill = none, the resulting code for them produces a single set of set of co-ordinates with fill = none, and stroke set to rgb 0,0,255. Perhaps that will work.

[Dave Harris]

In your document, some of the strokes use mitre joins and some use inside alignment. Either may force the stroke to be expanded. If you Select All, then select Butt Cap then Round Cap, then Bevel Join then Round Join, then Align Stroke to Inside then Align Stroke to Centre, that should fix it. (Setting each attribute twice is just a way of ensuring all the objects get set even if the first one already had the desired value.)

[mwean]

In your document, some of the strokes use mitre joins and some use inside alignment. Either may force the stroke to be expanded. If you Select All, then select Butt Cap then Round Cap, then Bevel Join then Round Join, then Align Stroke to Inside then Align Stroke to Centre, that should fix it. (Setting each attribute twice is just a way of ensuring all the objects get set even if the first one already had the desired value.)

 

That worked, thanks so much!