On Sun, 29 Jul 2018 08:59:43 -0400 "Bernie Cosell" <bernie@...3349...> wrote:
On 29 Jul 2018 at 6:17, brynn wrote:
Could you elaborate a little bit more about what you'redoing. Could you give us a link to an example or something?
I want to do something akin to what I've done in apps like Illustrator and Visio. For those, one big convenience is being able to define "custom" objects [e.g., if you're doing a floor plan, you have things like outlines of tables, chairs, etc] What I would like to do [don't laugh..:o)] is make crochet charts. They look like this:
I'm sorry, I laughed. :-)
They're pretty awful to do by hand, and there are tools that do it but very badly. Inkscape can easily do the kinds of things you need for that sort of thing.
What I'd like to do is "predefine" all of the different stitch graphics,
Your pattern looks pretty mathematical to me. Wouldn't "all" be a mighty big number?
I'm sure others on this list will steer you exactly where you want to go, but in case they can't, I have an idea (discussed later).
and the be able to drag-and-drop them easily into the graphic. I know how to do paths and such and I can make the various stitches and my plan a for doing this is to have on inkscape drawing that has only the various stitches in it.
Here's my idea. Your pattern is really just math with a few variables. For instance, the one you showed us appears to split the circle into 8 arcs. Not 4, not 6, not 12, but 8. You have number of arcs, you have number of rings, and I'm sure you have some variables about what tiny shapes to construct the rings with.
You could pretty easily write a Python program that inputs those variables and outputs a piece of SVG representing your pattern, which can be pasted into your Inkscape drawing's text representation. From there it can be used in a purely Inkscape context.
One benefit of doing this is you could easily make pattern's you've never dreamed of. I bet you never made a pattern with 7 arcs, right?
For what it's worth, I don't crochet, but I find the pattern you referenced very visually pleasant and entertaining. It's like a pattern that would have appeared on the box for the playing cards tucked away in my grandmother's mothball-smelling closet.
SteveT
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