Solidworks Composer to Illustrator, line/path nightmare

[Josh Gerber]

*Repost because my pictures didn't upload correctly*

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. 

 

 

 

 

  

[creative explorer]

@Josh Gerber You're not missing something obvious in terms of a simple checkbox. The core of the problem lies in how SolidWorks Composer is interpreting and exporting the curves of your 3D model, and how Illustrator is interpreting that data. Here's a video that somewhat aligns with the 3D work you do. 

[Josh Gerber]

Thanks for your response, I'm glad to know I'm not just overlooking something simple. However, the video in that link seems like it would be more helpful if I was working the other way around, going from Illustrator to Composer. I'm only using composer to get the right angles and images of my diagrams and then doing all the work and building of my set up instructions in Illustrator

[Brad @ Roaring Mouse]

SVG is a pretty crude format compared to others, and it really depends on the capabilities of the source program to create a "good enough" copy for other uses, particularly with flatness/precision values, so this is probably more of a question for Solidworks. 

Have you tried exporting as DXF/DWG or for that matter PDF to see if there is any improvement?