Critical Error, Exception: Element Groups is not allowedd

[nejcek74]

You can check these posts for solutions, but you will need to manipulate the .sm2d file in a text editor. A certain level of caution is needed:

Pattern throws error (part)

Sorry, all my posts became confusing. I have a sm2d file that suddenly throws an error [error] on opening the sm2d file I found a tag that doesn’t belong [error (2)] I deleted line 151 ‘groups/’. And the file opened in seamly2d, i edited a bit, saved the file. The ‘groups/’ is there again, and the file fails to open.

Pattern throws error

I worked to extend an older patternfile. Created the pdf I needed, closed the pattern. After printing I found an error I needed to correct. The file now doesn’t open, it throws an error. “element ‘groups’ is not allowed for current model.” I opened the file and found a tag. There isn’t a group defined (There was previously, but I deleted that group. Removing the from the file solved it. But I thought to make you aware. Win, Seamly 2D 2025.10.6.204

or you wait for moderators who will help you to upload your files and probably make those changes for you.