Best way to get vector files I've found is to:

• save as SVG
• open in Inkscape
• export to OpenSCAD using a plug-in:
  https://www.shapeoko.com/wiki/index.php/OpenSCAD#Interface_w.2F_Inkscape

On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 3:18 PM, jon jon@jonbondy.com wrote:

You can use the attached Illustrator script that I built starting from the work of https://github.com/anonlethal-jerk https://github.com/anonlethal-jerk. It has lots of (hopefully clear) options and will directly generate pretty decent OpenSCAD code with lots of metadata so you can easily work with the result. Just select the shapes you want to export and run the script.

~ Yona

If you could provide an (as minimal as possible) example of an Illustrator file, and the 3 SVG variants in the form of a Github issue, that would be helpful in terms of debugging and fixing this.

-Marius

This scad export extension for inkscape works very well.

• nested boundaries, lines, solids, etc
• https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1065500

On 6/16/2017 11:56 AM, Marius Kintel wrote:

Get the Inkscape plugin:  OpenSCAD DXF output.  Does what it says on the
tin ;)

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:14221

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This scad export extension for inkscape works very well.

• nested boundaries, lines, solids, etc
• https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1065500

On 6/16/2017 11:56 AM, Marius Kintel wrote:

loaded it into InkScape, and saved it as both SVG and DXF, but neither file
format would import successfully into OpenSCAD (I tried all 3 SVG variants).
Anyone done this before with better results?  Any recommendations?

file, and the 3 SVG variants in the form of a Github issue, that would be
helpful in terms of debugging and fixing this.

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On 06/15/2017 08:01 PM, Mark Schafer wrote:

I second this recommendation. Good results for many polygons.

I have had good success just by saving as Dxf without any plugin. The key is to first select all points, and if you have any curves, insert enough extra points so that the curves are adequately represented, and then just convert all segments to straight lines. If all you have is straight lines, Inkscape's native dxf save seems to work.

I know this thread is a couple of years old, but I just tried the
paths_to_scad3.jsx Illustrator script, and it was a breeze. No need to
install Inkscape (which I find very clunky) - instead just move the JSX file
to the Adobe Illustrator CS6⁩ ▸ ⁨Presets⁩ ▸ ⁨en_US⁩ ▸ ⁨Scripts⁩ folder.
Then, select the paths you want to export, and select File ▸ ⁨Scripts ▸
⁨paths_to_scad3. Super easy, and the results are terrific.

Tip: if you have line art, select Object ▸ ⁨Path ▸ ⁨Outline Stroke to
create outline paths that work beautifully with the script. You don't even
need to use linear_extrude in scad!

Thanks!

Hypher wrote

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