Saving a file in Inskcape to open in MTC

[fairwayflunkie]

Hi all:

I find that I can manually trace and adjust nodes in Inskcape quite easily...I then have two layers a cut layer and a print layer. I have saved it as SVG but I can't open it in MTC...am I missing something? Of course I'm trying to simplify some print and cuts that I want to do...when I do pixel trace in MTC, way too many nodes...I find I can do it in Inskcape better...help please?

TIA

[Thyme]

Hi Nancy, Can't help you with the MTC bit, but hopefully some of the others will be along soon

[Angel135612]

Did you try to OPEN it, or are you IMPORTING it as an SVG?? You can't OPEN SVGs in MTC, you have to import them. I just opened a graphic in Inkscape, saved it as a plain SVG, and then imported it into MTC and it worked fine. I lost the colors, but I have all the pieces, and a small shadow layer that I can then move to different layers to cut.

[fairwayflunkie]

Hi Diane:

I opened a PDF in Inskape, traced it and split into two layers, the print layer and the cut layer. I then saved as SVG. I then went into MTC and tried to import, this is the message that it gives me when I try to import it:

There was a problem with an SVG you tried to import. (Imported 0 of 1 SVGs)

[Thyme]

So would it be because you are trying to import an image - the print layer?

[fairwayflunkie]

Maybe dunno....I'll try again later...I'm trying to finish this custom quilt....

[Gigi]

The one thing Dawn taught me when doing a PNC is to Embed Image first and then save - or the image won't open - could that be the problem? That option is under Extensions > Images > Embed Images. That should be done with all PNC files.

Hope that helps make it more acceptable for MTC - just a wild guess since I don't use it!

[Tyler]

MTC can't import a strait image. It has to be applied manually as a texture. If you try and import it, it will either give you an error or lock up.