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Mad thought - clones and paths
by donn 16 Apr '11

16 Apr '11

Hi, Here's a situation: You have an original path, say a seagull. You make a clone for someplace else. But, you need that clone to *act* more like an actual path than a clone. Say you want it to punch-out (subtract) from some other path. Now you could use the original seagull path, but that can be dangerous because it's your master drawing. To punch out some other path, you would have to *move* the 'master' to the precise position and then make a copy and fiddle with z-order and then do the subtraction op. And, say you are doing this many times - adjusting as you go. Now, if I could make a "path clone" and use it like a tool, that would solve the problem. I alter the master, the path-clone changes. I re-punch the other path. Loop until satisfied. There are other situations I have found where I wish a clone could be a path and still be a clone, I just can't recall them. Would there be some way to drive this by Python? I could point a path at a clone (or the master) and say 'take this shape' (i.e. an update of the path to match the source). It would be great if the two could remain linked and auto-update as the source changes shape. \d

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Variable blur around a shape
by donn 14 Apr '11

14 Apr '11

Hi, is it possible to have a blur on (say a circle) that is bigger on one side than on the other? I need some shadow areas that have a stronger blur (wider/larger) along some sections that on others - all one shape though. Perhaps there's some clever way to do this with clipping or masking? \d

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Call for Participation - SVG Open conference
by Andreas Neumann 14 Apr '11

14 Apr '11

Hi Inkscape users and developers, I would like to remind the Inkscape users that the call for participation of the annual SVG conference is due in a few days. The conference takes place from October 17 to 20 at the US east coast, in Cambridge, MA. As one of the organizers I would like to invite Inkscape developers and users to present on topics related to SVG editing. We often had an Inkscape dev representative at the past SVG Open conferences presenting the current improvements or discussing problems related to the SVG file format. We also have an Inkscape representative (Jon Cruz) on the conference reviewing team. This year, the conference host is Microsoft, but the organization is from an independent committee that changes from year to year. You can find information on the conference at http://www.svgopen.org/2011/ and the call for participation at http://www.svgopen.org/2011/participate.shtml - we may extend the deadline for abstract submissions for a couple days. If you would like to present at the conference, but have financial troubles attending the conference, please let me know. We may have some limited funding for Open Source developers who are presenting at the conference. We can waive the registration fee and help out a bit with travel costs. Thank you for considering to support the event. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me or at info (at) svgopen (dot) org. Andreas

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not responding, well almost
by Sébastien Lanteigne 06 Apr '11

06 Apr '11

Hi, Just popup inkscape to do a little drawing and something strange is happening. I can select tools, colors any menu and option but I can't do anything to the canvas. If i select the pen tool I can make a stroke. or a square using the square tool. Nothing. I check that the layers is not locked and tried opening existing images and it's the same the image is dislayed everything looks fine but I can't do anything on the Canvas. Any idea? Inkscape 0.47 r22583, built Apr 4 2010 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Thanks, Seb.

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Charla para Flisol
by Andrea 02 Apr '11

02 Apr '11

eehh!! muchas gracias a todos por su ayuda!!! :) Y en sus paises manejan algo como un LUG para Inkscape... o sólo se especializan en ese tema.. y les gusta ayudar? les agradezco mucho todo!!! yo todavía me siento un poco novata con inkscape, aunq trato d migrar todo lo q hago para invitaciones, afiches, tarjetas de presentación a Inkscape.. siento q todavia me falta mucho por aprender!! :)! De nuevo gracias y un abrazo desde Guatemala. El 2 de abril de 2011 09:51, <max@...2825...> escribió: > Desde luego, hice una presentación sobre el Software Libre en la > Administración Pública, yo se las hago llegar. Si puedo colaborar con algo > más, adelante, he dado conferencias en FLISOL Colombia, he colaborado > también en otras ciudades como Girona y Madrid. > > SALUDOS > PD. Localizo la presentación y la envió. > Hannes Hochreiner <hannes@...2460...> ha escrito: > > > On 01/04/11 14:26, Andrea wrote: >> >>> hola! :) mi nombre es Andrea Rodas y me encanta Inkscape!! Soy de >>> Guatemala :)! pero.. he aprendido, Inkscape autodidacticamente, siento q >>> Inkscape es muy intuitivo... me ha tocado dar un taller de inkscape en >>> el flisol de mi ciudad.. y me gustaria dar algo realmente bonito, pq las >>> maravillas d inkscape deben ser contadas jeje :)! pero.. ustedes tienen >>> en algun lugar.. alguna presentación base, q me puedan brindar? para >>> darla en el FLISOL? >>> >>> Muchas gracias por su ayuda :)! >>> >>> -- >>> Andrea >>> >>> >> Acabo de recordar que Maximino Luna presentó un taller llamado >> "Presentaciones con Inkscape y JessInk" hace rato. A lo mejor te puede >> ayudar (o sea con consejos o materiales). >> >> Saludos, >> Hannes >> > > > -- Andrea

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Charla para Flisol
by Andrea 02 Apr '11

02 Apr '11

hola! :) mi nombre es Andrea Rodas y me encanta Inkscape!! Soy de Guatemala :)! pero.. he aprendido, Inkscape autodidacticamente, siento q Inkscape es muy intuitivo... me ha tocado dar un taller de inkscape en el flisol de mi ciudad.. y me gustaria dar algo realmente bonito, pq las maravillas d inkscape deben ser contadas jeje :)! pero.. ustedes tienen en algun lugar.. alguna presentación base, q me puedan brindar? para darla en el FLISOL? Muchas gracias por su ayuda :)! -- Andrea

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Fill Tool Oddness
by David Huerta 27 Mar '11

27 Mar '11

Hey all, I can't seem to use the fill tool in Inkscape (v0.48 on OS X). Trying to fill a rectangle object with a 0.010 mm line width (stroke color: blue) with no fill while sectioning off a chunk with a two-node straight line cutting through the upper half. I tried filling the area, but it only filled it and left a weird uneven margin on the end ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/25968780@...2823.../5552182877/). Clicking the white margin doesn't do anything. I also tried changing the line width to something thicker, making it the same color as the straight line, but same seems to have no effect. Checked for gaps, found none. I also tried changing the threshold, but that just made it not fill anything at all. What am I doing wrong? Thanks, -- david [.dh] huerta heatsynclabs.org

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Dealing with templates in Inkscape
by unkown UN 23 Mar '11

23 Mar '11

Has anyone been successful with creating templates with inkscape in which you can automate the generation of PDFs? For example: I have: - Datasource [XML] that contains a list of data items - The Visual Representation (as an inkscape file) - A script that would combine the two and produce a pdf based on the datasource specifications I know I asked a similar question to this before, but I was wondering if anyone had success at automating this task. -Steven

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transparent png
by Simeon Mitev 23 Mar '11

23 Mar '11

Hi all, I am trying to create one PNG image with a transparent gradient (from gray to transparent). All is fine but when I save as .png the part which should be transparent is actually white. I did check the document preferences. The color is white and alpha is set to 0.0. What I am doing wrong? Thank you @Simeon

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Resources for Writing an python export script
by Nathan Hüsken 21 Mar '11

21 Mar '11

Hi, I want to write an exporter to another file format for inkscape. Basicly I want to take only polygons, rectangles and circles from the svg, perform some operation on them and save the result to my own xml format. Now, I managed to write the inx file. But for how to write the python script I just cannot find enough information. Can someone point me to information or an example giving the necessary information on how to do this? Thanks! Nathan

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Writing an extension for a new object type
by Nathan Hüsken 19 Mar '11

19 Mar '11

Hi, I see that one can write so called "effect" extensions which are available through the effects menu. But is it also possible to write an extension that allows the creation of a new object type at a position where the user clicks? For example, an extension that allows me to click on a new button in the tools menu. When I then click somewhere in the image, a script is run which creates a predefined object at the clicked position. Thanks! Nathan

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Difficulty opening a .ai file
by Andy Graybeal 18 Mar '11

18 Mar '11

Greetings, I'm trying to open a .ai file without luck. It says "Failed to load request file path-to-file-and-filename." Any ideas? I saw that some folks have been using ai2svg.py, I d/l'd it and I'm running it... it's been chugging away for about an hour with no .svg file in site, (it's still running). I have a fairly decent machine running it, Lenovo T410 w/ i5. Is there meta info in the .ai file that would be of use? The .ai file was probably made towards the beginning of the 2000's if that is helpful. I'm in Ubuntu 10.04, I'm using the native Inkscape version in U10.04, 0.47 Any help is appreciated. BTW I'm in love with the The Book of Inkscape, By Dmitry Kirsanov, I had to let a co-worker borrow it and I was sad to do so! We're both beginning to learn about Inkscape for work. I'm totally in love with this program. I got to sit down with my girl the other day and walk her through editing an SVG.. I think I got her hooked to. I guess I might be whining, but I don't want to bother with Illustrator, what a hassle. -Andy

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scaling positions of a group of objects
by Albert Cardona 18 Mar '11

18 Mar '11

Dear all, Is there anyway to scale the position of a set of objects, as opposed to the position and the data of the object? Thanks for any hints. Albert -- http://albert.rierol.net -- http://albert.rierol.net

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dxf import
by unknown＠example.com 17 Mar '11

17 Mar '11

When I import this file I get no errors just a blank page Any suggestions Richard

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Extensions, raster, grayscale?
by donn 15 Mar '11

15 Mar '11

Anyone have a clue how to convert an image (bitmap) *inside* inkscape into grayscale/desaturate? Are those extensions scriptable perhaps? \d

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outset confusion
by unknown＠example.com 15 Mar '11

15 Mar '11

I am missing something simple I have the first image, gear.ps, that I want to cut out with a 0.125 endmill So I set outset in inkscape preferences to 5.625, select all nodes and path->outset and I get the second image, gear.svg Where am I going wrong Richard

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Inkscape, Fedora, and SXSW
by Máirín Duffy 14 Mar '11

14 Mar '11

Hi Inkscape folks! Fedora is going to be promoting Inkscape at the South by Southwest expo in Austin, Texas next week. We've got a booth and we're running a contest where each of the four days we're featuring a specific free & open source application, and one of the days we are highlighting Inkscape. You can see the Inkscape logo stamps we made and the postcards where folks will be getting their cards stamped to enter a contest here: http://mairin.wordpress.com/2011/03/07/christmas-in-march/ http://mairin.wordpress.com/2011/02/25/preparing-for-fedoras-sxsw-debut/ We also highlighted Lorain Baird's Inkscape-created winning poster design entry into the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation contest on one of the flyers we'll be distributing: http://mairin.wordpress.com/2011/03/11/flyers-about-free-open-source-softwa… (second flyer, upper left) We also have beautiful tri-fold brochures, one for graphic designers, which also highlights Inkscape: http://blogs.fedoraproject.org/wp/designteam/?p=28 We're going to be talking up Inkscape and really trying to build up awareness of it and to encourage the very creative and tech savvy folks at SXSW to give it a try and even contribute back to it. If any Inkscape users or developers are going to be at SXSW, we'd like to invite you to drop by our booth and say hi (you can even get your photo taken with Tux at our booth! :) ) It's booth #344 in the expo hall. In Fedora we absolutely love (I'd go so far as to say worship!) Inkscape and we're hoping our enthusiasm shows through at the show in getting folks to give it a try :) Cheers! ~m -- Máirín Duffy Fedora Design Team Leader

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Command line confusion - Inkscape 0.48.1
by donn 14 Mar '11

14 Mar '11

Hi, On the matter of exporting pages to PDF, I have been trying to use the cli without much luck. I have observed that if you fit the canvas/page to the selection and then save as a pdf (and tick to use the page) then the PDF output works. Any other way and it does not -- for example, if you give an object an ID and then try to save as PDF only that ID, it's blank. I have many objects --rectangles as pages, with content in each grouped to the rectangle. So, I thought to try the command line for: select an object by ID, fit the page to it and then save a pdf. Something like this: inkscape --select=bozo --verb=FitCanvasToSelection -C -A out.pdf mysvg.svg But that gives a blank PDF. The same actions in the gui work fine. My plan was to then loop that in bash and get a bunch of pageXX.pdf files which I could then join in some way, yet to be grokked. Anyone have a clue? \d

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Inkscape Website Progress...
by Ian Caldwell 10 Mar '11

10 Mar '11

Hello, here's an update on the website. We have made some nice progress and it is defiantly coming along. It's going to be launched in phases. Phase #1 will be the main site with all the content and Phase 2 will consist of various things for the user allowing them to be able to post their own tutorials and plugins etc. However in order to do that we need help! We need the following: 1. content writers to go through the site and improve on the existing write ups. 1. Additional old news needs to be ported over. We ported over all of 2010 and 2011 but we need all news ported over 2. Django developers to finish up the last few features After all that 3. we need translators to translate the various parts of the website You can follow the project here: https://code.launchpad.net/~inkscape-webadmin/inkscape-web/inkscape-web Also the site is visible at http://dev.inkscape.org please feel free to drop by on irc.freenode.net and join #inkscape-web Thanks, Ian Caldwell

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redocking toolbar
by Sébastien Lanteigne 10 Mar '11

10 Mar '11

Hi, I'm not sure if it's just me who can't figure this out. I have undocked the right side toolbar in 0.48.1 to put it back on top where I had it in 0.47 but now I can't redock it on top or elsewhere. Inkscape 0.48.1 on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. Seb.

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Inkscape 0.48.1 is out!
by Josh Andler 08 Mar '11

08 Mar '11

Hey All, After 6 months of development and delays out of our control, Inkscape 0.48.1 is out. This bug-fix release of the SVG-based vector graphics editor contains over 80 bug fixes as well as improves stability and performance on all platforms. Please visit inkscape.org for more information and to get your copy. As a side note, if you're a member of the following sites, showing the news some love is always welcome. reddit - http://www.reddit.com/r/software/comments/fxg78/inkscape_0481_bugfix_releas… slashdot - http://slashdot.org/submission/1489758/Inkscape-0481-released deviantART - http://fav.me/n145112 Cheers, Josh

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map units
by Sébastien Barthélémy 08 Mar '11

08 Mar '11

Hello, I'd like to draw the map of a building using inkscape, and overlay my drawings with satellite views. A batch program would then modify the map to adjust the position of some points. Then I would like to import the svg file into sketchup and use it as a basis for quick 3d renderings. And now the question: which units should I use for the canvas? The building size is 50x15 meters. My first idea was to use this size as the canvas, but for some reason, in such a case, inkscape does not allow me to unzoom as much as I would like too (I cannot have the full drawing on screen). Is there as reson for this and a workaround? I know many maps and GIS use SVG somehow, how do they choose their basis unit? A Cheers

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Rotating the Axonomgrid
by Shawn H Corey 07 Mar '11

07 Mar '11

I want to use Inkscape to draw some hex-maps and the axonomgrid is perfect for this except I want it rotated 90 degrees. Is the a way to do this, or better yet, rotate the entire page? -- Just my 0.00000002 million dollars worth, Shawn Confusion is the first step of understanding. Programming is as much about organization and communication as it is about coding. The secret to great software: Fail early & often. Eliminate software piracy: use only FLOSS.

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Download Stats
by Josh Andler 05 Mar '11

05 Mar '11

Hey All, I just thought people would like to know that we breached over 1 million downloads in a single month on sf.net in January. Note that their tracked downloads since the project first posted files is at ~14.4 million total. I'd say that makes January quite a significant month. :) For those interested in more download stats (this is per month since the beginning): https://sourceforge.net/projects/inkscape/files/inkscape/stats/timeline?dat… Great work community! Cheers, Josh

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Re: [Inkscape-user] Single SVG file to multi-page PDF
by crjw 03 Mar '11

03 Mar '11

This can be done with a ViewBox. 1. Create your file in Inkscape. 2. Save the file; this is your master. 3. Create one copy of the master file for each page you wish to print. 4. Open each of the copies in an text editor (do this one file at a time). 4a Using the text editor adjust the width and height to be the size of a printed page. 4b Still using the text editor, add a ViewBox with an appropriate offset. 4c. Save the modified file and exit the text editor. 5. Open up each of the modified copies in Inkscape and convert to PDF (do this one file at a time). ###################################################### e.g. The following file is 25.5 inches by 11 inches (assuming 90px per inch) (this file is also attached to this e-mail with the name "master.svg") ###################################################### <?xml version="1.0" standalone="no"?> <svg version="1.1" width="2295" height="990" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <g style="fill:none;stroke:black;stroke-width:4"> <circle r="270" cx="382.5" cy="495" fill="red"/> <circle r="270" cx="1147.5" cy="495" fill="green"/> <circle r="270" cx="1912.5" cy="495" fill="blue"/> </g> </svg> ###################################################### Now here is a modified version that renders the middle of the drawing on an 8.5x11 inch page. (this file is also attached to this e-mail with the name "page2.svg") ###################################################### <?xml version="1.0" standalone="no"?> <svg version="1.1" width="756" height="990" viewBox="765 0 765 990" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <g style="fill:none;stroke:black;stroke-width:4"> <circle r="270" cx="382.5" cy="495" fill="red"/> <circle r="270" cx="1147.5" cy="495" fill="green"/> <circle r="270" cx="1912.5" cy="495" fill="blue"/> </g> </svg> Note: If you carve up the drawing such that drawing elements are sliced by page borders, you might want to consider adding margins. Margins can be generated by clipping the area you want to print with a clipPath that is slightly smaller than the size of a printed page.

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