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January 8, 2013 05:06
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In Paper.js, use importSVG to import an svg node to a useable symbol and remove it from the DOM.
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| <!DOCTYPE html> | |
| <html> | |
| <head> | |
| <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> | |
| <title>Paperjs - ImportSVG to Symbol</title> | |
| <script type="text/javascript" src="js/lib/paper.js"></script> | |
| <script type="text/paperscript" canvas="canvas"> | |
| function SVGSymbol(elem){ | |
| var a = new Symbol(paper.project.importSvg(elem)); | |
| elem.parentNode.removeChild(elem); | |
| return a; | |
| } | |
| var a = SVGSymbol(document.getElementById('svg')); | |
| var n = 20; | |
| while(n--){ | |
| var p = a.place(); | |
| p.position = new Point(n * 40, 100); | |
| p.scale(0.25 + Math.random() * 0.75); | |
| } | |
| </script> | |
| </head> | |
| <body> | |
| <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" version="1.1" style="width:500px; height:1000px;" id="svg"> | |
| <circle cx="40" cy="300" r="20" style="fill:orange;stroke:yellow;stroke-width:2px;stroke-dasharray:3px" id="circle1" /> | |
| </svg> | |
| <canvas id="canvas" width="595px" height="841px"></canvas> | |
| </body> | |
| </html> |
sol0mka - the issue I had was that SVG was improperly capitalized. It worked when I used 'importSVG' instead of 'importSvg'
Thank you @paulate, very helpful. It's a shame the source code has not been updated.
Sorry Derek, but this is a very old Gist! I suspect that there is a difference between the old version and new versions of paperjs, and unfortunately when I wrote this I didn't specify the paperjs version. I haven't used PaperJS in a long while, wouldn't even know where to begin with this now!
Thanks for your reply @netpoetica, sorry if I sounded rude. I appreciate your very useful original post. All the best Derek.
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Hey! What version of paperjs do you use with this snippet? I've got an error Uncaught TypeError: Object [object Object] has no method 'importSvg' . Tanks!