svg

Hi, I'm having difficulty getting the following script to work.
Any insight would be much appreciated:-

##code>
size(500, 500)

svg = ximport("svg")

data = open("path.svg").read()
flower = svg.parse(data)
flower = flower[0]

scale(1) # size
translate(10, 10) # position
#

f = files("insects/*.svg")
paths = svg.parse(data)

spacing = 8
for x, y in grid(WIDTH/spacing , HEIGHT/spacing, spacing, spacing):
if flower.contains(x, y):
fill(2, random()/4, random(), 1) # color
push()
translate(x, y)
scale((0.2)) #
drawpath(choice(paths))
pop()

#All instances are on top of each otheer????


##

paths = svg.parse(data)

f = files("insects/*.svg") #better to put this line out of the loop
random_file = choice(f)
random_svg = open(random_file).read()
svg_data = svg.parse(random_svg) 
drawpath(svg_data[0])

Taking a quick look at your code, the drawpath command may also be a problem. If you want to draw a single path multiple times, each individually rotated and scaled, you need to use copies of it:

drawpath(choice(paths).copy())

another problem I encountered is when refering to multiple svg paths in the same file. I guessed it would be something like:

paths = svg.parse(data) [0],[1],[2]

or

paths = svg.parse(data) [0, 1, 2]

but could get it to work.
;-?

sorry. That should have read >could not get it to work

One more problem. How do I preserve an rgb color gradient that is in the original .svg file?

Right now you can't, the SVG library will parse fill and stroke colors fom the source file, but not the gradients.