Issue with SVG resolution

I have a DXF file that I found at http://www.shapeoko.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=1025&start=10#p9725. The download is HoldDown_clamp_MM.dxf.txt. It's just a regular dxf file after the ".txt" is removed.

I have tried exporting it to an SVG file and I have tried various resolutions, but every time I open it in Inkscape or one of the online CAM programs, like www.MakerCAM.com, all of the circles and curved parts are very jagged and is basically unusable for me.

Am I doing something wrong, or is a limitation of the SVG export in LibreCAD?

Thank you,
Jim

We don't really have native SVG support. The current SVG exporting is simply exporting a rasterized picture in svg format, instead of keeping floating point precision.

New implementation for native SVG was proposed long ago, but we currently don't have a developer working on it. Help is welcome!

One example in our bug tracker: http://sourceforge.net/p/librecad/bugs/486/

Jim wrote

I have a DXF file that I found at http://www.shapeoko.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=1025&start=10#p9725. The download is HoldDown_clamp_MM.dxf.txt. It's just a regular dxf file after the ".txt" is removed.

I have tried exporting it to an SVG file and I have tried various resolutions, but every time I open it in Inkscape or one of the online CAM programs, like www.MakerCAM.com, all of the circles and curved parts are very jagged and is basically unusable for me.

Am I doing something wrong, or is a limitation of the SVG export in LibreCAD?

Thank you,
Jim

Try File → Export → Export as MakerCAM SVG