Not sure if normalize is the right word, but - given two identical rectangles, side-by-side, sometimes they have different Y coordinates and a transform property. For instance:



where the second rectangle, instead of having a Y of 600, has a Y of 100 and a translate property that presumably raises it by 500.

How can I save the file such that there is no transform property? As I've tested creating numerous rectangles, sometimes it happens accidently, but I don't know how to consistently normalize it. Thanks.

John C>
"For all your days, prepare, and meet them ever alike;
When you are the anvil, bear - when the hammer, strike."

Ensure you are storing optimised transformations:
File -> Inkscape Preferences -> Transformations -> "store transformations" = Optimised
then select all your objects and nudge them left/right to update (Inkscape only changes the svg if you move/work on the objects)
Also I think File-> Save as -> optimised svg may have some options (but is is currently broken on my computer...)

Note that it may not be possible to remove all the transform attributes. ( e.g. if you transform a group of objects) as sometimes there is no other way or representing the transformed object (esspecially when using skew and rotate)

Thanks for the reply. Although it already had optimization on, moving the rectangles up/down did remove their transform. Oddly, it still got a weird value - then I looked around and noticed that the level had a transform (I don't even remember creating a level), but fortunately, deleting the level, removed that transform also.

I didn't notice a File-> Save as -> optimised svg, but I'm running 0.47pre1, there could be a later version.

John C>
"For all your days, prepare, and meet them ever alike;
When you are the anvil, bear - when the hammer, strike."