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mnesarco / MarzWorkbench

FreeCAD Workbench for guitar design
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headstock text in svg file #14

Closed Cysign closed 2 years ago

Cysign commented 2 years ago

I'm testing the example_custom_headstock.svg right now. I'd like to replace the text 'Test' with another text. But I couldn't figure out how to set it up, so Freecad can read it properly. Is there a documentation about this? Do I have to use a font and transform it into a vector?

And how would I decide if it's a hole or a pocket? Are those things color coded?

mnesarco commented 2 years ago

Yes the documentation is in the wiki: https://github.com/mnesarco/MarzWorkbench/wiki/Custom-Shapes

Any shape (including text) must be convertetd to path before importing to freecad.

Cysign commented 2 years ago

Nice Wiki. But I'm still not surehow to use it. Can I name the IDs using Inkscape or do I have to modify the file using an text editor?

Cysign commented 2 years ago

https://www.file-upload.net/download-14788003/screenshot_IDs.png.html

I can see some IDs that look familiar... but all those #pathXXX files?

mnesarco commented 2 years ago

You can set the id of objects directly in inkscape. I am from my phone now so no snapshot to show you how. But a quick google search can help.

mnesarco commented 2 years ago

Inkscape / menu / Object / Object Properties

screenshot_46

Cysign commented 2 years ago

Can I use IDs multiple times or does every shape have to use it'S own ID?

I created a text using the text tool in Inkscape. Then I transformed this text to path. Now I gave every object it's own ID, but the result doesn't look what I wanted it to look like: https://www.file-upload.net/download-14788027/screenshot_headstock.png.html

mnesarco commented 2 years ago

Once you transformed text to path, there will be many paths, but you can merge all of them into one big path and then assign the id.

There are many Inkscape tutorials: https://inkscape.org/learn/tutorials/ once you know the basic operations it will be very straightforward.

Cysign commented 2 years ago

I merged the whole path into a single opject. But a single part of it still won't be displayed properly. Here's my testfile: https://www.file-upload.net/download-14789618/example_custom_headstock.svg.html

I labeled it "lesson 01" - but the 1 won't display proberly.

mnesarco commented 2 years ago

FreeCAD's svg importer is quite basic. If the paths are not connected, you must set an id to each part. example_custom_headstock_fixed.svg.zip screenshot_47

mnesarco commented 2 years ago

The C++ version (WIP) does not use FreeCAD's svg importer. I wrote an svg importer from scratch highly tuned for this usage. I was trying to release it before xmas, but it was impossible due to time constraints.