Importing From Sketch

Importing as Scenes

Import an artboard in Sketch as a scene in ProtoPie while keeping the same name. It's possible to import one or multiple artboards as scenes at once. Importing artboards as scenes is based on Sketch's layer hierarchy.

Importing Objects

Import objects with the same layer hierarchy, positioning, and constraints as in Sketch. It's possible to import one or multiple objects at once.

Components and component instances in Sketch are imported as containers. Convert them to components to keep them as components in ProtoPie. Learn more about components.

Importing as SVG

Import vector layers in Sketch as SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) in ProtoPie. To make their properties editable, just convert them to shapes after importing. ProtoPie does not support all SVG properties yet. Learn more about SVG layers.

Importing Text Layers

Import text layers in Sketch as SVG in ProtoPie. To make their properties editable, convert them to text layers after importing. Learn more about text layers.

Reimporting

Generally, reimported artboards and objects from Sketch would replace what was imported before. However, there are some exceptions to consider.

• If you changed some properties of an imported object in ProtoPie, reimporting would not affect this particular object.
• If you changed the layer hierarchy after importing, reimporting would not affect this adjusted layer hierarchy. For example, you added an imported layer to a newly created scroll container.
• A deleted imported layer would not be reimported, unless you select only this specific layer in Sketch and import this into ProtoPie.
• If you want to have duplicates of a scene or object, just import it once and duplicate it. For example, you want an artboard from Sketch as 2 scenes in ProtoPie. Import this once and duplicate the scene to create a second one.
  

Artboard

Select the artboard from Sketch that will be imported

Import Size

Set the magnification factor for layers. This can be changed based on the size of the selected artboard in Sketch

All layer structure

All layers from an artboard are imported in a folder structure

Exportable layers

Only layers that have been set to "exportable" are imported

Overwrite positions of layers

Overwriting position values of layers when re-importing an artboard from Sketch

Overwrite sizes of layers

Overwriting size values of layers when re-importing an artboard from Sketch

Update layer orders and grouping structure

Update layer orders and grouping structure when re-importing an artboard from Sketch

Remove layers deleted in Sketch

Remove layers that have been deleted in Sketch when re-importing an artboard from Sketch