On 2010-11-27 15:25, Mikael Ståldal wrote:
I have a drawing like the attached compass.svg. I want to color it so that it looks like the attached compass.png. How do I do that in Inkscape?
Using the Paint Bucket Tool doesn't work well since it doesn't handle the sharp corners correctly, I get something like the attached SharpCorner.png (after removing the stroke of the created paths), when zooming in as much as possible.
I think that the problem is that the Paint Bucket Tool is bitmap based. I would rather need a vector based fill tool. Is there any such possibility in Inkscape? ...
Commonly this is done a little differently in vector drawing tools. Each shape you draw can be given a fill, so the compass you sent would consist of eight (similar) shapes, each filled with either dark blue or light blue. The fill property of any shape/path can be set through the Fill&Color dialog or by clicking on one of the swatches below the main screen while a shape is selected.
You may also want to try a tutorial or book on Inkscape for a more in-depth discussion of how to work with Inkscape.