I loaded into Inkscape and did the EDIT/CLONE/UNlink Clone. Saved the file and still doesn’t work in CCPro. Why does everybody think importing SVG files is a simple things to do? Not easy.
Went back to the creator of the file and ask them about trying to get it to work. They know nothing about CCPro nor Inkscape so no help.
Guess i’m just out of luck and have to stay away from SVG files and non-usable.
An SGV file is a set of vector lines which CC can follow without modification or interpretation, as basic as CNC gets. With a particular line or shape selected in CC, you can set up a tool path to cut to along selected vectors, inside a vector shape or outside that shape That’s the basics anyway. You can create SVGs within CC or within just about any drawing program
OK! If it is so easy, how come I just purchased this file from Etsy and when I try to load it, NOTHING show ups??? UGH!
Nice. It shows up in the posting, but not in CCPro???
I can open it in Inkscape but the layers show up with a lock next to the object. I also cannot change line colors or anything. It doesn’t act like a vector to me. Something is funky.
Aha! I got it. The image is a clone of an object that is hidden (this is a way to keep things from getting accidentally deleted). In Inkscape I did, Edit → Clone-> Unlink Clone and it works now. Give this file a shot.
Doesn’t work for me. In Inkscape I loaded the file. Selected it and went to EDIT/CLONE/Unlink Clone. Saved the file. Still doesn’t load into CCPro???
The posted file worked for me:
EDIT: which is to say the edited/fixed copy by @45rpm in the post: Difficulties importing SVG - #19 by 45rpm
and @randr has posted it in a .c2d file
Glad it works for everyone else. Just not for me.
What am I doing wrong??
I open CCPro, click on IMPORT, select the file and get NO display. YET, when I close CCPro after that import, CCPro asks if I want to save the file.
Don’t get it??? I am using version 754 if that matters.
perhaps your scaling is zoomed in? importing .svg is very simple as you said and should just work. can you open the file i attached to my first post?
RNDR:
Sorry, I had missed your post. Downloaded and it loads ok. What did you have to do to change it so it would load?
nothing. just clicked the import icon and selected your .svg
It will not import for me. Not sure why. I think I’ll download another copy of CC and maybe that’s where the problem is.
Thanks
As noted, the problem is the original SVG was made using a program which stores geometry and then uses it by reference — described as “Clones” in Inkscape.
If you then open it in Inkscape and select everything and use a suitable command (the one noted above is “Unlink Clones”, I’ve been successful w/ “Path | Object to Path”) and then re-save, the new copy will open/import properly in Carbide Create. Another way to address this is to save in a file format which Inkscape won’t be able to preserve the clones in such as PDF, then open the PDF in Inkscape and re-save as SVG.
I give up for tonight. Maybe tomorrow will be better.
Thanks all.
Note that when working w/in Inkscape’s command (as opposed to sledge-hammering it w/ save as PDF), it may be necessary to ungroup one or more times — the big thing is to keep an eye on what the selection is described as — you need to get down to just paths.
Sorry, it’s my bad for not giving you the complete steps. I glossed over a few things. I made a short 3 minute video to walk you through exactly what I did.
As a rule of thumb, SVGs should be easy. If they are not, usually it’s a problem with the file. I would also note, this one was a first for me too. So it’s very much not just you.
So I guess I’m learning that SVG is just a “sort-of” file type that may be or not able to be imported into CCPro. I guess I’m from the old school of file types that when it said it was a certain file type, you could count on it being, or if the program said it could import/export a certain file type, then it could be compatible with other programs.
I tried everything I can with Inkscape to get this SVG file but nothing works.
I downloaded the newer ver. 756 of CC, but it does the same thing with the file. It seems like it loads the file because when you go to close CC, it asks if you want to save the file. Nothing displays, and even if you save the nothing burger, nothing is there when you reload.
Here is the file, again, that will NOT show up in CC. Can any of you, directly import the file into CC without doing something that works in some other program?
Thanks
PS: It’s really sad that this file displays here in the forum but won’t in CC. 
