November 2018 - Inkscape Users

First Inkscope Video Podcast is live!
by C R 30 May '19

30 May '19

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J1r8a0emYc Future podcasts will be shorter, but hey, at least all the technical difficulties were edited out. :) Enjoy! -C

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questions about snapping centers
by brynn 19 Nov '18

19 Nov '18

Hi Friends, Here's the setup. Snap the center of one object of a group (of 2 or more objects) to the center of a rectangle. If you use the option "Snap an item's rotation center", it won't work. Inkscape wants to snap the center of the group to the center of the rectangle. But if you use the option "Snap center of objects", it works like a dream. I've always assumed that the relatively new (well, new-er, anyway) "Snap center of objects" was meant for those unusual cases where the center of an object and the rotation center of an object are not the same spot. But this behavior implies that perhaps "Snap center of objects" has a different purpose (than what I thought). Questions: 1 -- Is there a bug involved in the above scenario? 2 -- Exactly what is the purpose for "Snap center of objects" compared to "Snap an item's rotation center"? 3 -- Could the tootip text (for one or both options) be improved, to better represent how they work? I'm glad to memorialize whatever appropriate request is revealed about this, in a bug report. I'm just not sure exactly which part needs improvement or might be a bug (the behavior or the button names/tooltips). (This was tested with Inkscape 0.92.3 on Windows 7 Pro. Also I had all other snap options disabled, except for the snap center options, during testing.) Thank you very much, brynn

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Inkscape Forum
by Victor Westmann 13 Nov '18

13 Nov '18

Hi Guys, I am a long time inkscape user but I just recently found the forum. Maybe it is just me but isn't it possible for us to include the forum ( www.inkscapeforum.com) in one of the main menus of the Inkscape website? (maybe under the option "community" of under the option "learn"?) There such a rich wealth of knowledge and so many active discussions that I feel like I have rediscovered this application today altogether! What do you think? Regards, --Victor Westmann

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