Hello,

I'm using Inkscape to draw diagrams for my report. However I now have several Inkscape .svg diagram files with some custom shapes in them. Now I have the following situation:
diagram1.svg -> Contains a custom shape X.
diagram2.svg -> Contains a custom shape Y.
-> newdiagram.svg -> I want to somehow import shape X and shape Y into this diagram and keep their vector behaviour.

Additional information: I use Inkscape on a Mac.

I have searched for this and only end up on tutorials on how to create shapes, I want to be able to move them between files, how can this be done?

Thanks for any replies.

Regards,
Jan Jaap

Welcome aboard!

If you weren't on a mac a simple Ctrl+C/Ctrl+V copying/pasting would do the job.
Another way that works on mac instead, is to import the svg-s containing any part you want to use and delete the rest.

If shape x and y are in two detailed svg-s, you may better create another file before, wich contains only them.
To do that, create a new document, import diagram1.svg, delete everything except shape x, then
import diagram2.svg and delete any unwanted parts, then save it as an svg.

That file can be imported to any new svg-s later.

In the current development builds there is an option of a symbol library, where you can add any custom shapes.
Theoretically, but I'm not sure how it works in action or if there is a mac build with symbols.

Good luck!

Thanks for the reply.

The import feature as you described here did what I wanted to do.

Regards