| Product(s): | MicroStation | |
| Version(s): | 08.11.09.459 | |
| Environment: | N\A | |
| Area: | Interchange | |
| Subarea: | SVG | |
Problem
Cannot view the exported SVG in a web browser
Solution
- Open the SVG file in a Text Editor e.g. Notepad.
- Add the SVG Namespace to the second line as shown below.
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
Before
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><!-- DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd" -->
<svg viewBox="0,0,1024,546" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid" zoomAndPan="magnify">
After
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><!-- DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd" -->
<svg viewBox="0,0,1024,546" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid" zoomAndPan="magnify" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
· Save the SVG file.
· Now open SVG file in a web browser i.e. Internet Explorer Or Google Chrome.
Note: This has been fixed in MicroStation Connect Edition.


See Also
https://www.w3.org/TR/SVG/intro.html#MIMEType
https://www.w3.org/TR/SVG/Overview.html
Download Adobe SVG Viewer

| Original Author: | Leonard Jones | |