freesewing/markdown/dev/reference/api/snippet/en.md

---
title: Snippet
order: 35
---

A snippet is a reuseable bit of markup for your pattern. They are added to the
SVG `defs` section, and rendered with the SVG `use` tag.

The snippet constructor takes two arguments:

- `def` : The `xlink:href` id that links to the relevant entry in the SVG `defs` section
- `anchor` : A [`Point`](#point) on which to anchor the snippet

```js
Snippet new Snippet(def, Point);
```

A Snippet object comes with the following properties:

- `def` : The `xlink:href` id that links to the relevant entry in the SVG `defs` section
- `anchor` : A [`Point`](../point) on which to anchor the snippet
- `attributes` : An [`Attributes`](../attributes) instance holding the snippet's attributes

In addition, a Snippet object exposes the following methods:

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