Inkscape Vector image got bigger when imported

[eflyguy]

It has to do with the dpi settings used and assumed by the GFUI. This post might help you understand:

Inkscape accuracy?

My experiments in this linked thread were all comparing outputs from Illustrator and Inkscape, rather than imports, but I think the same info applies: The problems here are, I think, because the user coordinate mapping defined by width, height, and viewbox is is specified in pixels, not real dimensions. I.e., the width and height values either do not have a dimension label, or specify “px”. When saving from Illustrator (using Save As…) the width and height are also defined as pixels, but at …