# \[BUG\] Import SVG

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-import-svg/22986>\
**Category:** Ignition Early Access\
**Created:** [March 1, 2019, 12:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-import-svg/22986 "2019-03-01T12:46:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![joostjojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac91a4/32.png) [@joostjojo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/joostjojo)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2019, 12:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-import-svg/22986/1 "2019-03-01T12:46:49Z")

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With the lack of drawing tools in perspective I found an alternative.  
The alternative is too make an svg in an external program.  
This was working for the most of the drawings.  
However I get some errors with my last drawing.

Error:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/5/515d5a582393005a6cf15e8788ae04c47746e65e.png)

SVG (converted to png because the forum does not support svg uploads):

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/5/51ca792741f323aa5a7f238f46f7fdae8c6d770f.png)

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2019, 4:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-import-svg/22986/2 "2019-03-01T16:15:25Z")

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Could you put the .svg into a zip file and post it here? I’ll also see if we can get .svg allowed as an import format.

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**Author:** ![joostjojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac91a4/32.png) [@joostjojo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/joostjojo)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2019, 7:52am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-import-svg/22986/3 "2019-03-04T07:52:32Z")

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> [@paul-griffith](#):
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> a zip file and post it here? I’ll

[H2OToevoer.zip](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/a/a3bf4fe87f8879d05ec0b3259d54ac756400fc63.zip) (14.6 KB)

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2019, 8:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-import-svg/22986/4 "2019-03-11T20:59:42Z")

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@joostjojo, unfortunately, our current implementation of the SVG specification is limited. While we aim to improve that over time, for now your best bet will probably be to try to isolate whatever elements aren’t working properly and remove them from your svg files. You can also try simplifying the .svg, or exporting in a ‘plain’ SVG format to minimize the complexity of the output, and the likelihood we run into problems trying to import things.