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Pam
June 24, 2016
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Does Lucidchart support SVG files?

  • June 24, 2016
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Does Lucidchart support SVG files?
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Hi Pam! Great question. Lucidchart does support import of SVG files.Our SVG file import feature allows users to easily create custom shape libraries inside Lucidchart.Here is an article on using SVG files within Lucidchart:

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Carson G
Lucidite
March 20, 2018

Hi there

Thanks for posting! Could you please provide screenshots of the issue so that I can try to replicate the issue? Since this seems to be document specific it may be better for you to submit these screenshots in a ticket here along with the URL to your Lucidchart document and the svg file. 

Boško S
April 5, 2018

Hi all

import + group with text works like a charm but linking that to a google spreadsheet less so. I can't define data link with a whole group. So if I want to see what custom shapes have linked text I have to ungroup all the shapes and hover above the now nonexistent group.

On top of that hypelink data-linking doesn't work which is a shame. Linking data to a shape is already a workaround for the lack of the metamodell where I can reuse the same shapes with the same content. This makes things even more uncool.

 

Thanks.

Andrew D
Lucidite
April 5, 2018

Thanks for reaching out in the community. You should be able to assign shape data to individual objects within a group. Furthermore by clicking into the text label associated with the shape data. You will be able to see the data appear in the data panel on the right hand side of the editor. Please let us know if we are misunderstanding the issue. 

Boško S
April 5, 2018

Hi Andrew

I think you understood it well and I already tried your solution but it doesn't solve the problem I'm trying to solve here. That what you wrote would work but is very inconvenient. If I link data to a simple shape I'd be able to see if the shape has linked data just by hovering mouse above it and all linked values would get the parenthesis []. If that is in a group the parenthesis never show up and I have to doubleclick on the group in order to reach individual simple shapes within a group. Furthermore I can't assign the linked data to all shapes in the group at once which makes the group useless as a saved custom shape because I have to do all the work manually for each simple shape in the group anyway.

Is there any improvements in this regard on the roadmap? I'm asking because this might be a deciding point on what modelling tool we will be using in the future. This exact feature is something in what modelling tools like EnterpriseArchitect VisualParadigm or PowerDesigner excel at although they suck at integration capabilities and web-friendliness. This feature would be greatly appreciated by software engineers because this would allow as to cross completely to this nice web-tool.

Andrew D
Lucidite
April 5, 2018

Thanks for your response. I understand how that would be useful for your use case. Our engineers would love to hear more about your idea because we're always looking for ways to improve Lucidchart and your feedback is the best way for us to do that. Would you mind adding your idea to our product feedback section? This allows our team to categorize like requests and bring them to our product team. Thanks!