# Adding path lines to SVG export
**URL:** https://talk.observablehq.com/t/adding-path-lines-to-svg-export/8666
**Category:** Help
**Created:** [January 4, 2024, 10:03pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/adding-path-lines-to-svg-export/8666 "2024-01-04T22:03:54Z")
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### Author:  [@Alamowork](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/Alamowork)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2024, 10:03pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/adding-path-lines-to-svg-export/8666/1 "2024-01-04T22:03:54Z")
Can someone help me work out how to fork an d add the path lines so they appear in an exported SVG please?
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### Author:  [@mcmcclur](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/mcmcclur)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2024, 3:29am UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/adding-path-lines-to-svg-export/8666/2 "2024-01-05T03:29:07Z")
Those paths are drawn to a canvas using WebGL via the regl library. That canvas is then embedded into an SVG as a foreign object. The SVG is there mainly to facilitate the drawing of the axes and to position the moving bodies themselves. As a result, I don’t think there’s a simple way to accomplish your objective. It would likely take a re-implementation of the drawing portion at least.
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### Author:  [@Alamowork](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/Alamowork)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2024, 3:55am UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/adding-path-lines-to-svg-export/8666/3 "2024-01-05T03:55:27Z")
Thanks for your reply and the information you shared. It’s a shame, was hoping it was a bit more straightforward. Only looking for the paths the points travelled, don’t need the line renderings