Looking for a good 2d - Shapr3D workflow

[DragonDon]

I’m having a very hard time trying to get consistent results with my workflow. Inkscape seems to be buggy on my Mac(10.15) and Vectonator doesn’t export to DXF.

I basically want to just be able to design anything, transfer it to Shapr3D and extrude. I’ve been partially successful on some things but when I get to something ridiculously simple, it simply will not work.

I mean, I created this:

But I can NOT get the logo(an SVG file itself) to export with the text. I only get text.

Infinitely frustrating when a more simpler design is harder than a more complex one.

So, I need suggestions on a good workflow. Something that works, ideally doesn’t cost an arm and a leg(open source is fine by me).

Or, can someone tell me why an SVG will not export as a DXF file, only the text.

[McD]

I can’t explain the issue you’re having, but it seems like more work, than importing the image, and recreating it in Shapr3D, then extruding.

[DragonDon]

trying that now. Need to figure out what is causing the non manifold body.