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Re: [Inkscape-user] SVG 2 Illustrator
by Claus Cyrny 12 Nov '04

12 Nov '04

> > >Quoth volvoguy on or about 2004-11-11: > > > >>> Hey Claus. I'm not using SuSE, so I'm not sure how easy this is to set >>> up there. I've had good luck using a "print to PDF" type thing in >>> Linux. If you're able to do that, I would imagine any printer will >>> accept PDF's these days. Just a thought. :-) >> >> > >I suspect your PSV will accept or even prefer PostScript over PDF. This >avoids the PS to PDF conversion that many UNIX print systems do to >produce PDF output. > First of all, thanks for your suggestions! Actually, the "printer" is an online service that only accepts either CorelDRAW, Illustrator, or Freehand files, but I can at least ask them if they accept PDF as well (since Postscript or EPS doesn't support gradients, as someone wrote here on the list). A while ago, I already discovered a program at Sourceforge that converts files to PDF. I'm gonna check this out again! Thanks, Claus

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RE: [Inkscape-user] Copying objects
by Batista, Facundo 11 Nov '04

11 Nov '04

[Joshua A. Andler] #- First off, what version are you using and what platform is it on? Sorry, my fault. I'm on Win2k SP4. Regarding the version, Menu->Help->About Inkscape gives me: ** (Inkscape.exe:280): CRITICAL **: file help.cpp: line 53 (void sp_help_about()): assertion `doc != NULL' failed Looking at the installer, I have 0.38-1. #- In the meantime, this is not the recommended method Why? #- but if you are having that much difficulty you can just "import" draw1.svg into draw2.svg. Worked perfectly! Didn't know that "import" did that. I always looked at the menu option, but always thought that it was to import from other formats... Thank you (and to the others that also answered)! . Facundo

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Copying objects
by Batista, Facundo 11 Nov '04

11 Nov '04

Hi! How can I copy an object from one drawing file to the another one? For example: - I make draw1.svg, where one of the objects is a composite between a curve and a triangle, each with it own customization. - I start other project, draw2.svg, and I note that I need exactly the same curve and triangle. - I don't want to redraw them, I just want to copy from one to the another. Right now, if I put "copy" in one document, and then "paste" in other, I get a "Nothing in the clipboard". Thank you! Facundo Batista Desarrollo de Red fbatista@...321... (54 11) 5130-4643 Cel: 15 5097 5024

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RE: [Inkscape-user] SVG 2 Illustrator
by Claus Cyrny 11 Nov '04

11 Nov '04

> > >>>I need to convert Inkscape 'SVG' files to Adobe Illustrator 'AI'. Is >>>> > there a utility >>>> > available that will accomplish this? I checked Google & the list >>>> > archives, but to >>>> > no avail! :-( >>> >>> >>> >>> Illustrator can load EPS. Exporting to EPS may work for you, though it >>> loses gradients and transparency. >> >> > >I just busted open Illustrator 10 and it opened an Inkscape SVG file ok. >The results weren't perfect though. If you have any raster image within >the SVG that was resized in inkscape, it defaults back to the original >size in Illustrator. Also, it totally ditches any transparencies >(whether on the object level or within a color/gradient). Luckily it >still keeps the gradients as they are though. > >So you may just want to try and open directly in Illustrator if you or >the person you're sending it to have a relatively recent version. > Alas, I don't have Illustrator available. I just need to *convert* SVG to the Illustrator file format, since the printer doesn't accept SVGs. I checked Inkscape, but my version (0.37) doesn't have an option "Export to EPS", either. I am using SuSE Linux 9.1. Claus

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SVG 2 Illustrator
by Claus Cyrny 11 Nov '04

11 Nov '04

Hi, I need to convert Inkscape 'SVG' files to Adobe Illustrator 'AI'. Is there a utility available that will accomplish this? I checked Google & the list archives, but to no avail! :-( Thanks, Claus

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pixel measurement
by volvoguy 11 Nov '04

11 Nov '04

Hi all, Just a quick question. Previously when I worked in Illustrator or CorelDraw, I set the measurement to pixels, since most of the stuff I was doing was for the web. I noticed in Inkscape that the global preferences set some things with pixels, but you can't set the overall measurements to pixels. Is there a reason for this? I've been getting around it by designing in point measurements and then changing the DPI when I export to bitmap to get to the pixel size I want. At least the proportions work ok when I do this. Any thoughts? -- Aaron Ubuntu SVG Artwork - www.volvoguy.net/ubuntu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Art, like morality, consists of drawing the line somewhere. ~ G.K. Chesterton

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a question for object selection
by nick 11 Nov '04

11 Nov '04

I have drawn some objects in my composition, some objects overlay on other objects, but now i want to edit these overlaid objects, how can i select these objects? -- Chen Yue www.360degreeweb.com.cn GnuPGP Public Key ID: 0x8F197001 PGP Key server: hkp://pgp.mit.edu gpg --keyserver hkp://pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 0x8F197001

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calligraphy fun + new screenshots
by bulia byak 10 Nov '04

10 Nov '04

Until yesterday, I considered Inkscape's calligraphy tool pretty useless. It was too weird and not really suited for any real work. It turns out I was wrong. The problem with this tool was that its most useful mode - flat nib - was disabled and there was no UI to enable it. As a result, the Angle control had no effect because the "pen" was actually more of a "brush". I fixed this, and even made the transition from flat to round a gradual one, controlled by the new Flatness control (0 = round nib, 1 = flat nib). (Actually 0 is not "round", but the pen is always rotated perpendicular to the stroke direction; any suggestions for a better term?) I also added a Thinning control which tells how much to change the width of the stroke depending on velocity (0 = uniform width, >0 makes faster strokes thinner, <1 makes faster strokes broader). I also changed the defaults of the rest of the parameters. With these changes, the tool is now capable to do some real calligraphy. All of this screenshot was done entirely in Inkscape using a Wacom tablet: http://inkscape.org/screenshots/gallery/inkscape-0.40-CVS-linux-calligraphy… Other screenshots added today: tracing, text on path, tutorial, and a work screenshot from David Christian Berg. Enjoy, and don't forget to send us your screenshots! http://inkscape.org/screenshots/index.php

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Confirmation
by unknown＠example.com 09 Nov '04

09 Nov '04

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Feedback 0.40pre1
by Aaron Digulla 07 Nov '04

07 Nov '04

Hello, I've just compiled 0.40pre1 and wanted to give some feedback: - Like 0.39, very large paths (4000 nodes) are very slow, especially during zoom and when I go into node-edit-mode (inkscape spends a lot of time drawing stuff that's off-screen). - While dragging with the middle mousebutton, inkscape should stop drawing when I move the mouse. That would prevent these nasty "hickups" when panning and allow to pan in models of any complexity. - Is there a way to leave the "cut object" (used in cut path) alive? - There should be a way to set the layer of an object; using "next layer" and "prev. layer" is ugly. - I'm editing a vectorized image (a scan of a map). Unfortunately, the "strokes" of the original image were converted to polygons by potrace. Is there an easy way to turn them into lines? - I'd like to have a way to split a path at a point (turning that point into two endpoints, leaving orientation, etc, alone). Can you add that, please? Ideally, the tool should use a crosshair which snaps to the closest path and whenever I click, it should cut the path. - How do I join the ends of two paths? - Is it possible to create a polygon by specifying a set of paths? The idea is that I have N paths which are the borders of an area (a land on a map). Now, I want to be able to create a polygon and the borders from the paths. The borders themselves should get special styles (border to the sea, to another land, province, etc) while all "borders" of an area joined should give the outline of the background. Even better: Two adjoining lands would share the same border. When I move a point of the border, I change the border and the two "land areas". Can I do that in inkscape? Thanks, -- Aaron "Optimizer" Digulla a.k.a. Philmann Dark "It's not the universe that's limited, it's our imagination. Follow me and I'll show you something beyond the limits." http://www.philmann-dark.de/

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