June 2012 - Inkscape Users - Inkscape Mailman

Single SVG file to multi-page PDF
by donn 24 Feb '14

24 Feb '14

Anyone know how I could layout/hack a single Inkscape SVG file so that I can get a multi-page PDF out the other end? Inkscape -> layout tricks (maybe layers?) -> some process (maybe command line) -> PDF file with pages. At the moment I am laying-out logos and designs on a single 'page' which can be as tall as 9000 pixels. Is there a way to 'chop' a single PDF page like that into smaller chunks? \d

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Shrinking the results of JPG to SVG conversion
by Pranav Lal 30 May '13

30 May '13

Hi all, Just a quick note to say that I need to batch convert the files so I can't open inkscape and do things like trace the bitmap as shown on sites like http://thefrugalcrafter.wordpress.com/2008/10/27/convert-a-png-to-a-svg-file works-for-jpg-too/ -----Original Message----- From: Pranav Lal [mailto:pranav.lal@...155...] Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 6:23 AM To: 'mailing list!' Subject: Shrinking the results of JPG to SVG conversion Hi all, I have a number of *.jpg files that I need to convert to svg. I am using inkscape for the conversion. The problem is that the resulting svg is almost 5 times the size of the jpeg file. I have tried saving the file in compressed plain svg but with no success. The file is still very large. Is there anything I can do to shrink the file? I have run an open source cleanup tool called cleanSVG downloadable from codeplex but that has not helped. I am open to using other JPG to SVG converters if inkscape is not the right tool for this exercise. Natively creating SVG is not an option at this point. Pranav

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Better DXF support
by || ΣΖΟ || 16 Jun '12

16 Jun '12

Hello everyone. I'm wondering why .dxf export isn't better supported Inkscape is a great tool for drawing plans for lasercutters, but all the companies who do the cutting ony accept .dxf There are a few 'reasonable improvements' available like Better DXF, Better Better DXF and BigBlueSawDXF https://sites.google.com/site/scidiy/inkscape-dxf-output-for-lasercut But none of them are good enough to deliver a cut file without hassle. Most important are the support of layers (and the use of spaces in the layer names) and SPLINE objects that aren't rendered right. A good support for .dxf could draw Inkscape into the maker-world. Makershed/Thingtverse/Instructables websites etc. And I noticed that .dxf is NOT mentioned @ http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/FileTypes Is there any particulair reason for this? What is needed to get .DXF up to par?

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Jessyink renumber effects order
by Johnny 10 Jun '12

10 Jun '12

Hi all, Jessyink [1]is really a very nice extension to Inkscape to enable doing dynamic presentations, I can really recommend it! There are two versions, I use the latter, Jessyink 2.0.0-alpha1. However, I usually end up adding effects and manually setting the order and eventually running out of numbers. E.g. I start to number the effects by 10, 20, 30, etc. but soon end up having orders 1, 2, 3, 4, ... and wanting to insert a new efect between e.g. 2 and 3. Therefore I wonder, is there some way to renumber the effects to make some space that I have missed? As the svg-files are just text files, I am considering a script to do this to find and renumber the effects; the finding part can be achieved by e.g. ,---- | cat my_svg_file_with_jessyink.svg|grep "sodipodi:role=\"line\">[0-9]*</tspan></text>"|grep [0-9]* `---- This gives all the lines with effect numbers, maybe sed or awk can be used in a loop to renumber in order and increment by a desired step (e.g. 10). Now, my skills are not really up to the task, so before embarking, the question is is this really the best route to go or are there any better ideas? Thanks and cheers! Footnotes: [1] http://code.google.com/p/jessyink/ -- Johnny

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How to get coordinates of node handles
by unknown＠example.com 06 Jun '12

06 Jun '12

Hello everybody out there using Inkscape, Is it possible to get the exact coordinates of a node handle and change their numeric values? One can of course zoom in and look at the coordinates of the mouse cursor, but that's not perfectly precise. I also found this thread in the forum (http://www.inkscapeforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=295) but it doesn't really contain a good answer. Thanks in advance for your help, Julia

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