Export SVG
The SVG export produces a 2D vector drawing of your plan, suitable for further work in a drawing program, for printing at any size, or for publishing on the web.
What gets exported is what is visible in the 2D view: hidden layers do not appear in the file.
Options
- Include zoom/pan script: places a small script in the SVG file that lets the drawing be zoomed and panned in the browser. For an image someone is meant to explore on screen; unnecessary for printing.
- Wrap in HTML: writes a complete HTML page instead of a plain SVG file. Useful together with the zoom/pan script.
- Precision (digits): number of decimal places for the coordinates. Fewer digits give a noticeably smaller file; 2 to 3 is usually enough for a model railway plan.
- Absolute coordinates: writes every point as an absolute coordinate instead of relative to the previous one. Increases the file size, but helps with target programs that interpret relative paths imprecisely.
- Bake in transform: folds transformations (translation, rotation, scaling) directly
into the coordinates instead of leaving them as a
transformattribute. Needed for programs that do not resolve nested transformations correctly.
When the result looks wrong in the target program
Enable "Bake in transform" and "Absolute coordinates". That removes almost everything that makes different SVG interpretations diverge.
Notes
Fonts and fill patterns may differ depending on the target program: SVG references fonts instead of embedding them. If text reflows or the typeface changes, replace it in the target program or convert it to paths there.