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Solidworks Composer to Illustrator line path nightmare

New Here ,
Aug 08, 2025 Aug 08, 2025

I have tried for weeks now to find a solution to this and so far I've got nothing. I am exporting models out of Solidworks Composer as svg files but when I open them in Illustrator, there are no consistent lines or objects. All of the paths and curves are made up of tiny little lines or lines that have been broken up and segmented in weird spots. I then have to spend a painstaking amount of time essentially rebuilding the model in Illustrator by going along and joining all these paths together and closing that many gaps that are present. I have tried so many different settings from the Composer side to Illustrator side and have gotten nowhere. Maybe I'm just missing something obvious or there's a setting that I'm overlooking, but I would love some help understanding what I need to do differently to save a lot of time and headache. 

 

I have attached a screenshot of my Solidworks Composer file and the export settings, as well as what the end result is in Illustrator. Please, if anyone has any advice or tools I can use to make this a little simpler, I am all ears. I have tried Astute Graphics and while it is helpful in some cases, it doesn't do quite what I'm trying to accomplish. 

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Aug 08, 2025 Aug 08, 2025
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Can you share one or a couple of sample Illustrator files for inspection?

 

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