My Blender SVG imports are a mess

Question

I have folder of SVG files looking something like this:

I want to extrude these into solid meshes.

I import the .svg file as a 2D curve. It was prepared in Inkscape with a union operation; That is to say, it is a single curve object.

As we see, paths are missed and the filled and open region are confused. This phenomenon is seen at every setting of curve resolution in Blender.

Is something wrong with the .svg file? Here is the result of the operation carried out in my "toy" 3D modeler, Cheetah3D.

Not a problem!

Suggestions for more reliable SVG import settings in Blender would be greatly appreciated.

blender.stackexchange.com/questions/47217/… blender.stackexchange.com/questions/47825/… blender.stackexchange.com/questions/75728/… blender.stackexchange.com/questions/52825/… — Duarte Farrajota Ramos, Commented Feb 9 at 22:34
Looking at Cheetah3D, specifically the places where the curve is broken in Blender, I can see little folds in the rims. I suspect the SVG is twisted somehow in those places. It's particularly obvious on a thread just to the left of the bottom-rightmost knot. Show us the Blender imported curve object in Edit Mode. — TheLabCat, Commented Oct 26 at 21:13

Blaise Bailey · Accepted Answer · 2024-10-24 03:45:22Z

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You can try breaking the SVG into multiple layers before importing it into Blender; that worked for me.

I think Blender has an upper limit on the number of vertices an imported set of curves can have.

answered Oct 24 at 3:45

Blaise Bailey

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$\begingroup$ How would he break this one up, though? It's all unified. $\endgroup$
– TheLabCat
Commented Oct 26 at 21:11
$\begingroup$ He could do it through copying the image, and then using the intersect boolean with 2 non-overlapping shapes that together cover the image. $\endgroup$
– Blaise Bailey
Commented Oct 28 at 1:11

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