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Symbol Editor: Export Symbol as SVG is unusable

Description

The export function of the symbol editor exports the drawings so small you are barely able to look at them. The canvas is really big (probably the same size as the symbol editor workspace) which results in a tiny symbol in the middle. To use this svg in any projects then needs manual editing because embedding it in a website results in an invisible graphic.

Additionally when looking at it in a vector program you can see that everything in this file seems to be doubled. Especially the text is baffling because it is in two different fonts.

Bildschirmfoto_2022-12-07_um_11.32.00

Files to reproduce issue:

files.zip

Steps to reproduce

  1. export as svg
  2. look at it

KiCad Version

Application: KiCad Symbol Editor
Version: (6.0.9-0), release build
Libraries:
    wxWidgets 3.1.5
    libcurl/7.64.1 SecureTransport (LibreSSL/2.8.3) zlib/1.2.11 nghttp2/1.41.0
Platform: macOS Big Sur Version 11.6.8 (Build 20G730), 64 bit, Little endian, wxMac
Build Info:
    Date: Oct 29 2022 19:31:49
    wxWidgets: 3.1.5 (wchar_t,wx containers)
    Boost: 1.80.0
    OCC: 7.6.3
    Curl: 7.64.1
    ngspice: 37
    Compiler: Clang 12.0.0 with C++ ABI 1002
Build settings:
    KICAD_USE_OCC=ON
    KICAD_SPICE=ON