---
title: "SvgSettings"
canonical_url: "https://www.nutrient.io/api/python/settings/format/svg-settings/"
md_url: "https://www.nutrient.io/api/python/settings/format/svg-settings.md"
last_updated: "2026-10-26T16:51:00.819Z"
description: "Settings for Svg. Values fall back through three levels: document → SDK → built-in default."
---

Settings for Svg. Values fall back through three levels: document → SDK → built-in default. Writes target the document only when set on a document's settings, otherwise the SDK globally when set on SdkSettings.

**Tags:** `Format`

```python

from nutrient_sdk import SvgSettings

```

## Construction

`SvgSettings` is accessed through a [`Document`](/api/python/document/) instance for per-document overrides, or via [`SdkSettings`](/api/python/settings/document/sdk-settings/) for SDK-wide defaults.

```python

# Per-document override

with Document.open("input.pdf") as doc:
    settings = doc.settings.svg_settings
    settings.some_field = new_value          # mutate fields directly

# SDK-wide default (applies to all documents)

SdkSettings.svg_settings.some_field = new_value

```

Settings are configured by writing to fields on the returned object. The settings property itself cannot be reassigned — `doc.settings.svg_settings = other_settings` is rejected.

## Properties

### external_resources

```python

@property
def external_resources(self) -> SvgExternalResources

@external_resources.setter
def external_resources(self, value: SvgExternalResources) -> None

```

Which external resources an SVG document may load while it is rendered.

**Type:** [`SvgExternalResources`](/api/python/enums/svg-external-resources/)

**Default:** `SvgExternalResources.None`

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