Feature request: Respect inkscape hidden layers

Kiri:Moto CAM
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I’ve been trying to use Inkscape to create SVG files I can use with Kiri:Moto’s CAM engine to generate toolpaths for my CNC router. I had a fairly complex design down, and I thought I could just hide the parts I didn’t want to use in a particular CNC job.

The plan was that I would hide the layers with paths I didn’t want to process in the same job.

Unfortunately, it seems no matter which layers I hid, KM imports all of them.

I want to make the bug repro as simple as possible, so I created a simple circle inside a square with those path shapes in different layers.

I have a much more complex file that I created but cannot use in Kiri:Moto because I cannot process all of the paths in one job.

Is there any chance of getting this to to work? If not, is there a workaround besides just creating an explosion of files for each?

I cannot upload an SVG file, but here are the contents of the file I’m using to reproduce the problem:

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Basically, it doesn’t seem to respect this:

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I’ve reproduced your bug.

As of now, the code simply finds all paths, and extrudes them.

I’ll do some digging, and see if there’s a quick fix here, or if the SVG import system needs more systematic change.

In the meantime, have you considered, using the export selection function in Inkscape? I allows for selecting only the visible groups, and then exporting them specifically

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Hope this helps!

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That seems to work with the test file. I’ll try it out with the more complex file I was trying to use. Hopefully I can export only what I need by just selecting layers, because merging layers breaks the design (Inkscape quirk/bug).

I’ll reply back with results after I’ve tried it.

Thanks!