Remove extra points in export to SVG

Question

Following this post, I exported a scene to an SVG format using the bundled add-on ("Render: Freestyle SVG Exporter").

However, when I did that I noticed that the resulting SVG has a bunch of unnecessary points, as shown below:

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Is there a way to remove those extra points and only have one point at each corner? (Note that I only have the outer path selected.) I have Blender v2.74.

You could use inkscape's simplify operator (Ctrl L IIRC) — gandalf3, Jun 03 '15 at 18:55
You could report this as a bug in the freestyle SVG exporter. — ideasman42, Jun 04 '15 at 01:20
I'm thinking about doing that. I want to make sure that there isn't some setting that I'm missing, or if this is supposed to be the behavior. — Veech, Jun 04 '15 at 15:20
Or you can add the Simplification Modifier in the freeStyle line Style Modifier Stack — , Jan 16 '16 at 21:39

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 07 '15 at 16:48

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Remove the Sampling modifier from the Geometry modifier stack.

This modifier adds extra stroke vertices at a regular interval. This modifier is added by default because it is necessary in many stylization situations, e.g., when you want variable color, alpha transparency and/or line thickness along stroke, and when you want to add distortion to stroke geometry. If you don't need the extra points, you can just remove the modifier.

answered Jun 07 '15 at 16:48

T.K.

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How do I do this? I looked at the Modifiers section in the Properties pane and saw that no modifiers were added. – Veech Jun 08 '15 at 15:59
Go to the Render Layers properties window > Freestyle Line Style > Geometry, and you will find the Sampling modifier that needs to be removed. – T.K. Jun 08 '15 at 23:59

Remove extra points in export to SVG

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