Strange thing is that the symbol it references seems to be empty.. I added some comments to the useelement and it worked beautifully!
Thanks again Thomas On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 2:11 PM, Lars Eirik Rønning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > hm.. isnt it weird that Illustrator produces this? > > > On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 1:02 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> Hi Lars, >> >> "Lars Eirik Rønning" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 08/18/2008 05:20:22 >> AM: >> >> > Can somebody explain to me why the attached svg file is >> > unsucessfully converted to pdf? >> >> The SVG document has an error according to the SVG >> specification. >> >> > I get an exception saying that width cannot be negative number.. >> >> The problem element is the use element at line 962. >> >> That element has a negative number for it's 'width' >> attribute, see: >> http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/struct.html#SVGElementWidthAttribute >> >> The error message is a little misleading due to this >> part of the SVG spec: >> http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/struct.html#UseElement >> >> See the paragraph under the bullet for: >> If the 'use' element references a 'symbol' element. >> >> The element is a little weird since it has a negative >> width and height as well as a transform that has negative >> scale factors. >> > >
