[Bf-committers] Import scripts quality

[Campbell Barton]

Same here, never got it to work, tried 3 of the below formats to (not 
*.AI though)

There are other things too, some import scripts will put a mesh and not 
check weather theres an existing mesh, therefor overwriting the mesh 
(any other type for thatmatter).

meshtools.py only checks for unique objectname, not meshnames.

We probably need a function.
Blender.sys.getName('somename', Blender.Types.SomeType)

Will add a patch for somthing like this soon.
- Cam



>
> Hi,
>
> I know this is not a place to put random complaints in, but after losing
> hours again and again, I feel the need to express some serious concerns
> about the quality of the bundled import scripts.
>
> I don't know if this is only me, but especially the import script for
> 2D Paths (SVG, PS, EPS, AI, Gimp, it seems to be the same script?) has
> *never* *ever* worked for me on a *single* file I tried.
>
> I have tried saving in *all* of the above formats from *several* 
> different
> applications (including inkscape itself, with both "Inkscape (.SVG)" and
> "SVG Plain" option), with VERY simple shapes, and the script 1) never
> imported anything or 2) Errored with the usual python error - check 
> console
> or 3) imported random useless vertices.
>
> There are probably lots of people who try importing paths using this
> script, and get desperate because it - at least for me - seems to never
> work.
>
> Am I doing something wrong?
>
> Thanks.
>
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