Transparent pen path for svg export

[Earendil86]

Hello,

I'm trying to convert a trace of an object into a transparent vector drawing which I can then import into MS Visio for laser printing on material. There used to be someone who did this in my company for tool outlines. Essentially we would trace a tool and scan into a pdf. This person would use photoshop and/or illustrator to turn it into an svg file which visio can use.

The current image that I'm using resembles a U. I scanned the image into PDF. imported it into Photoshop, cleaned the background into black and white then used the PEN tool to trace the object into a path. I brought the path over into illustrator and saved as a .svg file, however, when I import it into Visio the part inside the "U" is filled with white. How do I remove the inside white portion so it is a transparent line image?

Thanks!

 

[IamSam]

Hello. An image or a file is worth a thousand words and could save us all a lot of time. If you transferred a clean path over into Illustrator, there should be no remnant of the original background.

 

[Akshat]

Select your object with direct selection tool.



Set stroke color and thickness.



And select fill to none



and your object will have transparent background




p.s. i'll suggest to trace it directly in illustrator instead of first tracing it in photoshop and than bring it into illustrator.

 

[Earendil86]

Thanks! I'll try that tonight and if not post some images of my progress.

 

[Earendil86]

That seemed to work! thanks!