Excessive node creation when exporting to SVG

[Hellbent]

some curves left as a stroke when exported to SVG have a HUGE number of nodes afterward.

SVG-Node-Example-SOURCE.afdesign

SVG-Node-Example-SOURCE.svg

[Hellbent]

here's another example. original AF file, one exported with fills on shapes and the other exported with strokes on shapes. these are intended for use in a Glowforge laser cutter.

look at the semi-circle pattern design. the number of nodes is ridiculous! 

 

 

buffy-new.afdesign

buffy-new-v1.svg

buffy-new-v1-stroke-ver.svg

[Sean P]

Hi Hellbent,

It looks like you've used the Vector Brush to draw these curves. When you draw curves with the Vector Brush it applies the 'Texture Line Style', which is generally used when you use image based vector brushes. However when these are not used with a textured brush it is expanding the stroke creating far too many nodes. I'll get this passed on to development.

In the meantime if you change your strokes to be 'Solid Line Style' in the Strokes Panel it will export without the thousands of nodes.