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Transform AI to SVG, requires Inkscape

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Save this file as ai2svg, make it executable via chmod +x ai2svg then run it optionally passing the folder to look for.

It will convert in that folder, or the current one, all .ai files into .svg

#!/usr/bin/bash

createsvg() {
  local margin="$1"
  local d
  local svg
  for d in *.ai; do
    svg=$(echo "$d" | sed 's/.ai/.svg/')
    echo "creating $svg ..."
    # old version: inkscape "$d" -l -o "$svg"
    if [ "$margin" != "" ]; then
      inkscape "$d" --export-area-drawing --export-margin $margin "--export-plain-svg=$svg"
    else
      inkscape "$d" --export-area-drawing "--export-plain-svg=$svg"
    fi
  done
}

if [ "$1" != "" ];then
  cd $1
fi

createsvg "$2"

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WebReflection commented Jan 18, 2022 •

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./ai2svg ./folder/path

You need a command line on Linux, it might work on macOS too, if you have Inkscape, but if you’re windows’ user please look at any further result in Google or try with WSL

MaydayGD commented Jan 18, 2022

Thank you for replying that doesn't work on Windows. I will see other options.

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WebReflection commented Jan 19, 2022

@MaydayGD no problem, but in general, when you see #!/usr/bin/bash (shebang) on top of any script/file, that's usually for linux/macos shell, not windows 👋

bcag2 commented Jan 20, 2022 •

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Contrary to what I wrote in my previous post, It is possible to add margins, look at SO ticket :
https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/a/155523/144183
--export-margin 20 where 20 is in ~~pixels~~ "user unit"