Comment 7 for bug 1434721

Thanks for all your efforts. So if I save the DWG file as DXF (instead of
using a conversion tool to make WMF to preserve the format quality),
InkScape will be able to open it?

On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 8:31 AM, Alvin Penner <email address hidden> wrote:

> I was able to open the file on Windows 7, 32 bit, Inkscape 0.91 r13725
> (Jan 30 2015)
> - however the svg file size is 26 Mb and I was not able to view the file,
> it is too large. The dimensions are given by:
>
> width="1746.26mm"
> height="1349.39mm"
>
> There appears to be a scaling problem in the file. There are literally
> hundreds of entries of the type given below. The value of 101996 for x
> is somewhat worrisome, too large compared to page size.
>
> <path
>
> style="fill:none;stroke:#9c4a09;stroke-width:156.28575134px;stroke-linecap:round;stroke-linejoin:round;stroke-miterlimit:4;stroke-dasharray:none;stroke-opacity:1"
> clip-path="url(#clipEmfPath3)"
> d="m 101996,-62416.8 -1300,-1300.3 1,0"
> id="path4540"
> inkscape:connector-curvature="0"
> transform="scale(0.28222222,0.28222222)" />
>
> It appears that this file was probably produced by a program called "Any
> DWG to Image Converter". If this file was originally an AutoCAD file of
> type DWG, then you might wish to try saving it as DXF and try loading
> that into Inkscape, or attach it here.
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1434721
>
> Title:
> Crash when opening WMF file
>
> Status in Inkscape: A Vector Drawing Tool:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> On 2015-03-20 14:16 (+0100), John Portnov asked this question:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/inkscape/+question/263913
>
> Original question:
> ==================
> I need to load my WMF File into InkScape so that I can work with it and
> save it as svg file eventually.
>
> Based on what I read, InkScape allows you to open wmf files. When I
> place WMF file in InkScape it closes and/or crashes.
>
> I have done open, import, and dragged WMF file into InkScape. The
> result is that InkScape closes without warning.
>
> Version info:
> =============
> I got InkScape (0.91 version) yesterday and believe that I have the
> latest version of it.
>
> Test case:
> ==========
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/22kxob0phnn73te/test12.wmf?dl=0
>
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