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I am trying to embed an SVG file within another SVG file?
can I do that? How ?
Thank you
embed SVG within aonther SVG
Re: embed SVG within aonther SVG
Sorry for taking so long to reply.
Stuff I know off the top of my head:
1) Inkscape cannot link to external svg files, so you cannot use svg files as library files where if you update one file the reference to it in another will update to match. See viewtopic.php?f=5&t=6961&p=27859#p27859
2) You can copy and past the contents of one file into another
If you are interested in the technical ability to embed one svg file into another, eg:
Then it does work(ish):It treats image 2 as a group. Slightly buggy behaviour when you move stuff around/edit image 2; possibly due to multiple transformations.(also does not give you much more than a copy+paste would have done)
Stuff I know off the top of my head:
1) Inkscape cannot link to external svg files, so you cannot use svg files as library files where if you update one file the reference to it in another will update to match. See viewtopic.php?f=5&t=6961&p=27859#p27859
2) You can copy and past the contents of one file into another
If you are interested in the technical ability to embed one svg file into another, eg:
Code: Select all
<svg>Image 1...
<svg>Image2</svg>
...
</svg>Then it does work(ish):It treats image 2 as a group. Slightly buggy behaviour when you move stuff around/edit image 2; possibly due to multiple transformations.(also does not give you much more than a copy+paste would have done)