Re: [Gimp-user] SVG File Content Understanding

[Ofnuts <ofnuts gmx com>]

Looks like path triplets. For some insights:
https://www.gimp-forum.net/Thread-Paths-Basics

Reading the SVG format is fine (and there are likely libraries for
this), but you can also export the path directly to your own format, see
for instance the path-csv script here:

Code: https://sourceforge.net/projects/gimp-path-tools/files/scripts/
Doc: http://gimp-path-tools.sourceforge.net/tools.shtml#path-csv

On 3/19/19 2:29 AM, Michael Ruch via gimp-user-list wrote:
> So in trying to start a project to read the file contents of Gimp's SVG
> format I am struggling. I am going on about 6 hours of research and have not
> found anything that breaks the format down for me. Since I am new to SVG and
> its structure I may just be searching the incorrect key terms. What I am
> really looking to find is a detailed explanation, would really help me here.
>
>
>
> Opening the file in VS Code I can see that there is an attribute under the
> path node, the attribute is "d". Here I can see what appear to be metric
> data points. But I cant seem to figure out how they are put together. Being
> a developer for CAD systems for several years I expected line / arc data. I
> can see points which I assume make up the lines but I do not see arc data
> (at least I don't think).
>
>
>
> What I think I have figured out is the start and stop of a path. M and Z
> (again maybe, I am guessing here)
>
>
>
> Here is a small section of what I am trying to decipher.
>
>
>
> M 1908.00,1413.00
>
>             C 1922.52,1410.08 1930.50,1409.32 1944.00,1416.86
>
>               1947.19,1418.64 1950.30,1420.52 1952.91,1423.10
>
>               1966.11,1436.17 1967.76,1461.92 1957.20,1477.00
>
>               1950.17,1487.05 1935.23,1494.94 1923.00,1495.82
>
>               1919.21,1496.09 1911.24,1495.03 1909.02,1491.61
>
>               1907.56,1489.36 1908.00,1482.84 1908.00,1480.00
>
>               1908.00,1480.00 1908.00,1452.00 1908.00,1452.00
>
>               1908.00,1452.00 1908.00,1413.00 1908.00,1413.00 Z
>
>             M 1802.00,1412.39
>
>             C 1819.37,1410.05 1829.21,1418.53 1835.99,1434.00
>
>               1843.02,1450.70 1843.07,1471.21 1835.99,1488.00
>
>               1830.33,1502.09 1822.24,1511.44 1806.00,1510.98
>
>               1792.97,1510.62 1783.88,1497.97 1779.23,1487.00
>
>               1776.00,1479.39 1774.77,1471.20 1774.18,1463.00
>
>               1773.95,1459.72 1774.50,1458.10 1774.84,1455.00
>
>               1776.64,1438.15 1784.08,1417.76 1802.00,1412.39 Z
>
>             M 1492.00,1443.00
>
>             C 1492.00,1443.00 1507.00,1491.00 1507.00,1491.00
>
>               1507.00,1491.00 1478.00,1491.00 1478.00,1491.00
>
>               1478.00,1491.00 1486.29,1459.00 1486.29,1459.00
>
>               1486.29,1459.00 1492.00,1443.00 1492.00,1443.00 Z
>
>
>
>
>
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