11 June 2020

Converting an SVG file to DXF via the terminal requires Inkscape and pstoedit. There might be other ways too, but this was the easiest way. I also use SVGO to clean up the SVG beforehand, to possibly reduce complexity.

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  1. # Optimize the SVG file using SVGO (optional but can help reduce file size and complexity)
  2. svgo example.svg  
  3.  
  4. # Convert the optimized SVG file to EPS format using Inkscape
  5. inkscape -o example.eps example.svg  
  6.  
  7. # Convert the EPS file to DXF format using pstoedit
  8. # -dt             : Disable text conversion (keeps text as text objects)
  9. # -f 'dxf:...'    : Specify DXF output format with options:
  10. #   - -polyaslines: Convert polygons to polylines (useful for CAD software)
  11. #   - -mm         : Use millimeters as the unit instead of points
  12. pstoedit -dt -f 'dxf:-polyaslines -mm' example.eps example.dxf  
Programming Language: Bash