Hi Friends,
I have a couple of questions about custom grids. I'm more or less
familiar with the various extensions, and the 2 regular grids (rectangular
and axonomic/isometric). But I was thinking about a couple of....well,
probably silly things....but very unusual grids.
One thing I want is the axomonic grid, but rotated around....I think
would be 30 degrees, so that if you use it to draw a hexagon, the 2 vertical
sides are horizontal. And the tiny triangles point up and down instead of
side to side. Or a rectangular grid rotated 45 degrees. So instead of tiny
squares, it's tiny diamonds.
And the other thing I was wondering. Would it be possible, somehow
using Guides, to make a grid like that, or even with a star shape? For
example, see http://inkscapecommunity.com/jd/ss/sg.png.
There I made 3 stars, centered on the same spot, each 50 px larger
(or smaller). Then I used Object to Guides. But this would be a tedious
process, to say the least, to make a page-size grid. Plus, for the star
shape, it makes 2 guides for each of the 5 sides. I understand why, it's
just that makes it even more work, to deal with the extra ones....if you
were actually considering doing it with guides.
Questions:
1 - Would making, let's say an a4 page-size grid, using guides, start to
create performance issues, like it would if you used paths?
2 - Otherwise, would making this kind of grid require an extension, or other
coding?
3 - Or is there any other way to get an unusual grid like these examples? I
mean, a grid that can be snapped to. I realize I could get a photo or other
image of a grid and import it. But it wouldn't be snappable.

Thank you very much :-)
brynn



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