#!/usr/bin/env python3 ''' Extension for InkScape 1.0 Features - Filter paths which are smaller than a given length or area Author: Mario Voigt / FabLab Chemnitz Mail: mario.voigt@stadtfabrikanten.org Date: 03.08.2020 Last patch: 20.04.2021 License: GNU GPL v3 ''' import inkex from inkex.bezier import csplength, csparea class SmallThingsFilter(inkex.EffectExtension): def add_arguments(self, pars): pars.add_argument('--unit') pars.add_argument('--threshold', type=float, help='Remove paths with an threshold smaller than this value') pars.add_argument('--measure', default="length") def effect(self): self.options.threshold = self.svg.unittouu(str(self.options.threshold) + self.svg.unit) unit_factor = 1.0 / self.svg.uutounit(1.0,self.options.unit) if self.options.threshold == 0: return for element in self.document.xpath("//svg:path", namespaces=inkex.NSS): try: csp = element.path.transform(element.composed_transform()).to_superpath() if self.options.measure == "area": area = -csparea(csp) #is returned as negative value. we need to invert with - if area < (self.options.threshold * (unit_factor * unit_factor)): element.delete() elif self.options.measure == "length": slengths, stotal = csplength(csp) #get segment lengths and total length of path in document's internal unit if stotal < (self.options.threshold * unit_factor): element.delete() except Exception as e: pass if __name__ == '__main__': SmallThingsFilter().run()