Fingers crossed! Inkscape is a great product and there´s no software without bugs.
I´ve been saying for years that if cars were as reliable as office software most of us would have been dead already. But now with all of that software in cars already...

I´ve been thinking about a possible cause (if it was me ;) ), perhaps just a hint to consider. When I was trying to create etching outlines for already prepared parts I tried using the Outline functions but they did not seem to work. I did Undo but perhaps not after all unsuccessful attempts. Could ...

DONE! So this was really not the most creative task I´ve ever done ;) , there were thousands of such transforms there, my right hand is aching... But it paid off, the PDF now seems to contain what was expected (subject to further cros-check) and even the SVG previews in Dropbox (I uploaded both file...

Thanks a lot! I feel no joy in hitting bugs but it somehow happens, it seems, not just once. I fully agree to your remark about cloning, I only found this feature when I was nearly ready and I will certainly use it in the future. I followed your instructions, replaced all swatches with colours from ...

Thanks, no problem

Hello, thanks for your reply. I tried the File - Clean up document option but it reduced the file only by some 300k and the problem persisted. It actually happens even if I copy&paste just one part from the large file into a completely new document! Please find a sample from my file at https://w...

I shared sample part of my file here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/49r84771m686c ... e.svg?dl=0
It´s quite strange - contains just a few simple parts and it´s 2MB large, I must have done something wrong, but what was it and how would I repair it?

Hello, I am rather new to Inkscape but I´ve been working with CorelDraw and Illustrator in the past so I´m perhaps not a total newbie. As I didn´t want to use unlicensed software for my new private project I decided to do it in Inkscape. My project is about creating material to be photo-etched, so n...