Hi,
I’m trying to make a Christmas Card. When I import a design to Ruby it shows all the detail (SVG file).
However, when I move to the create job stage I loose some detail (surrounding box and writing at the top of the card)
When I cut the detail is missing too.
Any ideas?
Could you upload the SVG in question?
Yup. Upload the SVG (you have to remove the exclamation mark in the markup so that it shows as an attachment, not an image).
I’ll open it in Ruby on my PC
Thanks Chaps,
I’ve attached the image below. What is it you are looking for? Is there a tool or some such that I can analyse or look inside the file format to see what is happening? I’m happy to do some reading 
Christmas%20Card%20-%20before%20streamers_Card%20Template|683x500
Take care,
Glenn
Ok, I’ve been doing some reading (really interesting!). I didn’t realise that svg is just an xml file.
I seem to have three different styles defined. I suspect I only want one (red stroke with a stroke width of 0.25px). Does that sound like I’m on the right track?
Curious about: how Ruby uses the classes and (possibly) ignores one/some?
Glenn
Ruby (I suspect) will ignore classes and go straight off colour alone. At least that’s how JobControl works.
The issue is that you have a slightly off shade of red for the text part. RGB 277,6,19. You need 255,0,0 and nothing else will do!
Thanks Tom,
I noticed the second red colour when I was looking at the classes. I have just one class now (with {stroke:red}).
Your answer just made me realised I can use the developer tools in Chrome to see which paths in the source render which parts in the image. Thank-you very much!
Glenn
One feature I have recommended in the past is double checking how many groups you have in the design interface
Tom is spot on. The Ruby interface does show the issue (although it is only obvious in retrospect):
You can also click on the individual parts (e.g. Path (ref.) and it will select that part in the main workspace.
I have updated the Ruby manual to explain how to modify the Inkscape colour palette so that it only shows the valid Trotec colours. If you are using Illustrator, there is probably an equivalent.
Just to be explicit, you can check the box next to 0/5 and then select the proper red from the palette. Decent workflow to fix those issues directly in Ruby!
I heard it from experience that it worth to check the function for each color:D
