I know that Inkscape does not have the ability to export selected objects as svg, but is there a workaround that people have found that works?
asked May 18, 2013 at 23:46
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1Just shooting from the hip but wouldn't Copy, new Document, Paste, Save work?– ScottMay 19, 2013 at 3:59
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1I was almost sure one could do that with the command-line option. There is indeed an export-plain-svg option, but it does not respect the export-id :'(– DrasillMay 20, 2013 at 20:59
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3I don't have enough rep here to answer, but I wrote a script to batch export Inkscape layers into separate SVG - you could put each of your objects on a different layer. The script is here: github.com/splitbrain/material-icons– Andreas GohrJul 22, 2015 at 18:46
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Alas, the link 404s :-(– Mawg says reinstate MonicaFeb 27, 2017 at 10:28
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A straight-forward method is the following:
- Select the object(s) to export.
- "Resize page to drawing or selection" (File → Document Properties) or Ctrl+Shift+R.
- "Invert selection" (Edit → Invert selection) or !, and Del all other objects.
- "Save As" with Ctrl+Shift+S.
- Select Optimized SVG as the format if you want to use it on the web.
Not as quick as I would like but quicker than creating a new document for each graphic that you want to export.
answered May 19, 2013 at 5:07
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This does not work. Inkscape 0.92.4 just shows popup "File %filename% could not be saved" even when trying to save a black document. May 5, 2019 at 13:45
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@user7860670 Which step didn't work for you? It works for me. But anyway, it's quite inconvenient that after these years, there's still no built-in Export Selection option in INkscape. Aug 31, 2021 at 2:04
I keep another instance of Inkscape running on the side and just copy-paste the object I want to save into the scratch document, then save.
Another option if you just want the path data is to select the object, Shift+Ctrl+X to open the XML editor, grab the pieces you want (usually the d attribute), then paste to wherever.
answered Jul 29, 2014 at 22:00
