I find that DXF export adds a spurious vertex to polylines, e.g. the attached rectangle object converted to path, saves as DXF, has these five vertices:



This on V0.48.4.

Anyone know a workaround? In Inkscape, or an alternative program to convert SVG to DXF?

Thanks.

PS Could a forum admin please remove the prohibition on DXF files. Thanks.

Well this seems very similar to this topic: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=13874?

For some reason, which I don't have the technical knowledge to understand, saving a rectangle shape as DXF changes the rectangle shape to a path. Now in this case, we have already a 4 node path, which saved as DXF, for some reason, adds an extra node. I'm afraid that I can no more explain this, than I could the other. Apparently, that's just how Inkscape works. Hopefully someone else can exlain it?

You'll need to post a topic in Feedback and Suggestions, to ask if DXF can be accepted as attachments. I don't have admin priviledges.

brynn wrote:Well this seems very similar to this topic: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=13874?

Not at all. This is creation of spurious vertex upon export. That is creation of spurious stroke upon import.

brynn wrote:we have already a 4 node path, which saved as DXF, for some reason, adds an extra node.

Indeed that is what I am reporting.

brynn wrote:Apparently, that's just how Inkscape works. Hopefully someone else can exlain it?

No explanation needed, thanks. But if anyone has the workaround requested, please do say. Or even better: a fix.

brynn wrote:You'll need to post a topic in Feedback and Suggestions, to ask if DXF can be accepted as attachments. I don't have admin priviledges.

OK, thanks.