Export SVG
Purpose
Writes the drawing as an SVG file — a vector graphic that every browser and every graphics or layout program can read. For exchanging data with CAD programs, DXF is the better route; SVG suits documentation, the web and illustration.
Access
- File menu File → “⬇ Export SVG” (1) — the same menu in both interfaces.
- Command search : “SVG” (category File).
- No keyboard shortcut.
Procedure
- Call the command.
- In the model with a selection: the prompt “n elements selected. OK = export the selection only / Cancel = export all elements”. Without a selection everything visible goes into the file.
- On a sheet: the prompt “Export paper space — OK = sheet, flattened (scale applied) / Cancel = model content” (Export prompts).
- The file is downloaded; the status bar reports “SVG exported: n elements → name.svg” or “SVG exported: sheet Layout 1 — n elements → name_Layout_1.svg”.
What goes into the file
| Space | Content |
|---|---|
| Model | lines, circles, arcs, ellipses, rectangles, polylines, splines and texts — with color and line width in millimetres (Lines in the file) |
| Sheet (“flattened”) | the complete sheet as printed: viewport contents at the viewport scale and clipped, plus frame, title block, dimensions, hatches and footer |
As of v3.0.23 the export from the model contains no dimensions, hatches, blocks or images. If you need those, export a sheet or use DXF.
The file name is the drawing name with the extension .svg, extended by the sheet name on a sheet. With nothing to export the status bar reports “No elements to export”.
Lines in the file
As of program version v3.0.53 the export from the model looks like the printout:
- Line width in millimetres. Where a line follows its layer, that layer’s Width (printer mm) applies (Edit layer) — 0.25 / 0.35 / 0.5 mm on the supplied layers, the standard widths. Where an element was given its own width in the Properties panel, that width is converted instead, so the difference between thick and thin lines is preserved.
- Round line caps and joins. Ends are no longer cut off flat and corners no longer run to a point — clearly visible on thick lines.
An SVG file written by LiberoDraft carries the on-screen line width along invisibly. Read it back in via Import SVG and the line widths match the original. For files from other programs the width is converted from the file.
Effect
Exporting does not change the drawing and is not an undo step.