Good to know! I attached the OBJ file and the exported SVG.

Best regards,
Pieter


On Mon, 24 Sep 2012 04:41:03 +0200
David E DeMarle <[email protected]> wrote:

> Small attachments are fine. Please also post images that show the gaps.
> 
> 
> On Sunday, September 23, 2012, Pieter Barendrecht wrote:
> Thanks David. I downloaded the source and compiled ParaView for my 32bit Arch 
> Linux system (resulting in a directory with over 39.000 files totaling about 
> 2 GB, I didn't expect it to be this extensive...!).
> 
> Using "File" → "Export Scene..." it is possible to save the scene in a couple 
> of different vector formats. Exporting to SVG works quite nicely, however, 
> the exported polygons don't link together in a completely seamless way. That 
> means that there is a very small gap between all of them. Is this behavior 
> intended (i.e. is it a feature or a bug)?
> 
> I'm not sure what the policies are regarding attachments in this mailing 
> list? If allowed I could attach the original .OBJ file, which is about 5 kB.
> 
> Best regards,
> Pieter
> 
> 
> On Fri, 21 Sep 2012 17:08:45 +0200
> David E DeMarle <[email protected]<javascript:;>> wrote:
> 
> > SVG export will be coming in PV4.0 for both scivis and chart views.
> >
> > You can try it now by building git master, or more simply by
> > downloading the nightly binary package from one of the machines in the
> > superbuild section of the paraview dashboard at:
> > http://open.cdash.org/index.php?project=ParaView
> >
> > David E DeMarle
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> >
> > On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 10:49 AM, Pieter Barendrecht
> > <[email protected]<javascript:;>> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I'm wondering what the possibilities are for exporting a 
> > > model/design/geometry in vector format (preferably in SVG)? I read 
> > > something about a patch written by Sven Buijssen, and supposedly there 
> > > used to be a branch which included this patch 
> > > (https://github.com/demarle/ParaView/branches/vector-graphics-export), 
> > > but it appears not to be in use anymore.
> > >
> > > Basically, I'd like to use it for two purposes:
> > >
> > > 1.) Saving 3D models in vector format. I know SVG is 2D, so saving a 3D 
> > > model as SVG would mean saving only a certain viewpoint. But this is 
> > > fine, since I'll only use the vector images for reports and presentations.
> > >
> > > 2.) Saving plots in vector format. Right now I use MATLAB to plot my 
> > > data, and save it as SVG using a nice script from the MATLAB File 
> > > Exchange. But I would be interested in using ParaView for this purpose as 
> > > well, as long as I would be able to save the plots in vector format.
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > > Pieter
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