#27 pstoedit drops figures on converting to DXF

[John Coppens]

I originally submitted this report to Inkscape here, until I realized inkscape was calling pstoedit.

In short (copied from the original issue):

I imported a sewing pattern (from a PDF file), and moved the pages around to form the complete pattern:

The output file (dxf) is complete (ie. it is a valid DXF, but misses large parts of the original file. Moving pages around (see above), in some combinations, exporting does work correctly. As far as I can see, it always drop entire figures (not some lines or other details), though it's not related to the original pages.*

There are several links in the original thread, but Nathan simplified the input file to reproduce the problem in this answer

pstoedit: version 3.75 / DLL interface 108 (built: Oct 31 2020 - release build - g++ 8.3.0 - 64-bit) : Copyright (C) 1993 - 2020 Wolfgang Glunz

I tested the generated DXF files in LibreCAD and (de-)caffviewer, two radically different DXF viewers.

If I can be of any assistence...

John

[Wolfgang Glunz]

Hi John,

to my understanding this was nailed down to be a problem in Inkscape's PS export.

Please confirm/comment

Thanks
Wolfgang

[John Coppens]

On Tue, 03 Nov 2020 18:49:09 -0000
"Wolfgang Glunz" wglunz@users.sourceforge.net wrote:

to my understanding this was nailed down to be a problem in
Inkscape's PS export.

Please confirm/comment

Hallo Wolfgang,

My apologies for the delay in responding.

Nathan informed me of his doubts, but Monday through Thursday are
complicated for me to dedicate time - I have to prepare and teach
classes over Zoom for the university.

Tomorrow I'll re-check before I confirm either way.

John