Grease Pencil export as SVG or PDF does not export line art when the camera is in orthographic mode #86942

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Peter Efe · 2021-03-25T14:53:02+01:00

Peter Efe commented

2021-03-25 14:53:02 +01:00

System Information
Operating system: Windows-10-10.0.19041-SP0 64 Bits
Graphics card: GeForce GTX 1080/PCIe/SSE2 NVIDIA Corporation 4.5.0 NVIDIA 456.71

Blender Version
Broken: version: 2.93.0 Alpha, branch: master, commit date: 2021-03-24 17:47, hash: 9ac7946dd0
Worked: (newest version of Blender that worked as expected)

Short description of error
Grease pencil export as SVG or PDF does not export line art when the camera is in orthographic mode

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error

Using the default startup scene change the camera to orthographic mode
In the camera view click on the cube, 'shift+A' add grease pencil 'object line art' (this works fine)
Go to File - Export - Grease as SVG - (Name your file and leave settings as they are) - Export to SVG.
When you open the exported file in Illustrator or Inkscape an empty sheet shows up. In short, no line art exported.

P.s. Thank you for this feature

**System Information** Operating system: Windows-10-10.0.19041-SP0 64 Bits Graphics card: GeForce GTX 1080/PCIe/SSE2 NVIDIA Corporation 4.5.0 NVIDIA 456.71 **Blender Version** Broken: version: 2.93.0 Alpha, branch: master, commit date: 2021-03-24 17:47, hash: `9ac7946dd0` Worked: (newest version of Blender that worked as expected) **Short description of error** Grease pencil export as SVG or PDF does not export line art when the camera is in orthographic mode **Exact steps for others to reproduce the error** - Using the default startup scene change the camera to orthographic mode - In the camera view click on the cube, 'shift+A' add grease pencil 'object line art' (this works fine) - Go to File - Export - Grease as SVG - (Name your file and leave settings as they are) - Export to SVG. - When you open the exported file in Illustrator or Inkscape an empty sheet shows up. In short, no line art exported. P.s. Thank you for this feature

Peter Efe commented

2021-03-25 14:53:02 +01:00

Added subscriber: @PeterEfe

blender-admin commented

2021-03-25 14:53:02 +01:00

#86930 was marked as duplicate of this issue

Falk David commented

2021-03-25 18:29:42 +01:00

Added subscriber: @filedescriptor

Falk David commented

2021-03-25 18:29:42 +01:00

Changed status from 'Needs Triage' to: 'Needs User Info'

Falk David commented

2021-03-25 18:29:42 +01:00

The export currently does not apply any modifiers. So you would have to apply the modifier manually and then export. Try and see if that works.

Peter Efe commented

2021-03-25 21:11:28 +01:00

Thanks for replying so quickly. I tried applying the modifier and exporting but I still get no export. Inkscape crashed and a blank file shows up on Illustrator, Please see attached video #86942.mp4

Thanks for replying so quickly. I tried applying the modifier and exporting but I still get no export. Inkscape crashed and a blank file shows up on Illustrator, Please see attached video [#86942.mp4](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F9909783/T86942.mp4)

Falk David commented

2021-03-25 21:19:59 +01:00

Changed status from 'Needs User Info' to: 'Confirmed'

Falk David commented

2021-03-25 21:19:59 +01:00

I can confirm this issue. There seems to be a problem when applying the modifier. As a workaround, you should be able to select the grease pencil object, then in edit mode select all then go to Grease Pencil > Clean Up > Reproject Strokes. Select View. Then try exporting the SVG again.

I can confirm this issue. There seems to be a problem when applying the modifier. As a workaround, you should be able to select the grease pencil object, then in edit mode select all then go to *Grease Pencil* > *Clean Up* > *Reproject Strokes*. Select *View*. Then try exporting the SVG again.

Peter Efe commented

2021-03-25 22:17:55 +01:00

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Peter Efe commented

2021-03-25 22:30:07 +01:00

Thank you for the workaround, but unfortunately, it does not export after reprojecting strokes to view. Please bare in mind this doesn't work when the camera is in orthographic view. It only works when the camera is in perspective view

Antonio Vazquez self-assigned this 2021-03-26 13:00:49 +01:00

Antonio Vazquez commented

2021-03-26 15:37:50 +01:00

Added subscriber: @pafurijaz-4

blender-admin commented

2021-03-26 15:52:49 +01:00

This issue was referenced by 921d0851b5

This issue was referenced by 921d0851b50d621930e7ecee5f79af0dc259dc98

Antonio Vazquez commented

2021-03-26 16:07:19 +01:00

Changed status from 'Confirmed' to: 'Resolved'

Antonio Vazquez closed this issue

2021-03-26 16:07:19 +01:00

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Grease Pencil export as SVG or PDF does not export line art when the camera is in orthographic mode #86942