SVG export associations

Add Opens a dialog box in which you create an associations filter for the export to the SVG file format.
Clone Opens a dialog box in which you edit a copy of the selected associations filter.

TIP: Clone a filter when you want to create a filter that is just slightly different from an existing one.
Edit Opens a dialog box in which you edit the selected filter.
Delete Deletes the selected filter.
Filter Name The name of the SVG export associations filter. NOTE: You cannot rename the Default filter.
 
Exported Content Settings of what EngView will export when the filter is applied.
Export sheet (1up and layout drawings) EngView exports the sheet, if one has been defined.
Export dieboard (1up and layout drawings) EngView exports the dieboard, if one has been defined.
Export measure lines Settings for how EngView will export the measure lines.
  • Do not export: Measure lines are never exported regardless of whether they are visible on the screen.
  • Export if visible: Measure lines will be exported only if they are visible on the screen.
  • Always export: Measure lines — visible and not visible — will be exported.
Dimensions numeric values only When the check box is selected, EngView exports only the values of dimension lines but not any letters accompanying them.
Export structure layers only EngView will export only the contents in structural layers.
Export style symbols When the check box is selected, EngView will export the symbols attached to styles, regardless of whether they are visible on the screen. If the check box is empty, EngView will not export style symbols even if you are using a print template that contains symbols.

NOTE: For PNG symbols, the program exports also the image background. For non-PNG symbols, the background is ignored.

  • Do not export: Style symbols will not be exported.
  • Export if visible: EngView will export only the style symbols that you see on the screen.
  • Always export: All set style symbols — visible and not visible — will be exported.
Do not export for objects smaller than the symbols If an object to which a symbol is attached is smaller than the symbol, EngView does not export the symbol.
 
Export Template Applies a template (an .evt file) only for a particular export in order to apply specific object style properties (color, line width, line stipple) without modifying the actual styles in the 1up or print drawing that will be exported. Learn how to create an export template.

To load a template, click the browse button , and in the dialog box that opens, select a template, and then load it.
Override project line widths Ignores the line widths of the objects in the drawing and uses the ones in the template. NOTE: Line widths are the object widths you see on the screen; these are not the widths that machines produce on the media.
Override project colors Ignores the colors of the objects in the drawing — that is, the colors set to the object styles — and uses the colors set in the template.
Override project stipples Ignores the line patterns of the objects in the drawing and uses the ones set in the template.
Override project style-symbols Ignores the symbols attached to styles in a project and uses the ones set in the template.

NOTE: If the print template contains no symbols, also the exported file will not contain any symbols regardless of whether the Export style symbols check box is selected.
Override object-specific properties Ignores the individual properties of the objects in the drawing — for example, color, line width, point size — and uses the object properties set in the template.
 
Options Settings that serve the purposes of visualization in web browsers.
Export real line thickness Select the check box to have EngView export the actual drawing width (Line width) of the object. Leave the check box empty to have EngView export the production-related object width.
Scale object widths according to the export zoom factor When in the exported file you zoom into the drawing, the object widths expand along with the zoom factor.
Scale object widths in scaled parts In the exported file, the widths of the objects in scaled parts appear according to the set scaling factor.
Delete duplicated objects In the exported file, EngView deletes all overlapping objects, leaving a single object. Overlapping objects in adjoining parts are not deleted. USAGE NOTE: This functionality is best applicable in exporting:
  • Flattened layouts. In this case, select the Flatten layout check box before exporting. This ensures that also overlapping objects that belong to adjoining layout 1ups (parts) will be deleted.
  • 1ups that feature multiple overlapping objects. These objects need to be merged into one object. An example is FEFCO 0425, which has multiple overlapping objects in its tongues.
Decompose composite styles In the exported file, objects in composite styles are broken down to discrete elements. These elements take the properties of the style set in the Structure tab of the original composite style.

IMPORTANT: If the check box is left empty, after export the objects will have the line width set in the Production tab of the original composite style; their color and pattern will be those set in the Visual tab. Learn about the structure of composite styles.
Decompose Perforating & CutCrease styles In the exported file, EngView breaks down objects in the Perforating and CutCrease styles to discrete line sections.
  • Whole object: All objects remain as they were in their pre-export state.
  • Break cut only: For objects in the CutCrease style, the cut elements are decomposed to line sections; the crease elements remain as they were in their pre-export state. For objects in the Perforating style, the objects are decomposed to as many line sections as there were in the objects before the export.
  • Break all: All objects are decomposed to discrete line sections.
Units Sets the measurement units in which the drawing will be exported. DPI: Set an image quality rate for the exported file.
Scale contents to fit target device EngView will export the drawing so that it takes up the available area. If the check box is left empty, the drawing is not scaled and is exported in its actual size.
Export side In the drop-down list, select how you want EngView to export. The options are:
  • WYSIWYG: The objects are exported as you are viewing them on the screen.
  • All on front: The objects are exported as they appear when you are facing the front side of the drawing. NOTE: What you are viewing on the screen may not be the front side. To learn which side you are viewing, right-click the icon in the top left corner. You are viewing the checked side.
  • All on rear: The objects are exported as they appear when you are facing the rear side of the drawing. NOTE: What you are viewing on the screen may not be the rear side. To learn which side you are viewing, right-click the icon in the top left corner. You are viewing the checked side.
  • All on counter diecutting side: The objects are exported as they appear when you are facing the side that is the reverse of the diecutting side.

    IMPORTANT: The diecutting side is a property of the material and has been specifically defined for it. Before exporting, check which the diecutting side is for your material, and then decide how you want the drawing exported.
 
Format Tweaks Settings that serve the technological purposes of software other than web browsers.

Write EVStyle XML property During export,EngView adds XML properties that indicate the names of EngView-created styles. Examples: ev-style="Cutting"; ev-style="Dimensions".
Convert Bezier curves to arcs During the export, EngView converts Bezier curves into discrete arcs.
Export measure lines as groups During export, EngView groups measure lines into individual sections of XML code.
Export 'id' XML property for other objects During export, EngView assigns objects other than measure lines their own XML identifiers (id).
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