I am trying to draw freehand lines that are parrellel to each other. I would like about a 1mm gap between two 2mm lines. I have looked at everything in the stroke style menu, is there another setting somewhere?
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les kraut wrote:
I am trying to draw freehand lines that are parrellel to each other. I would like about a 1mm gap between two 2mm lines. I have looked at everything in the stroke style menu, is there another setting somewhere?
I don't think SVG has a stroke style like that. But if you draw a 3mm line and adjust the shape to exactly how you want. You should be able to convert the stroke to a path. On the resulting path, remove the fill, add a 2mm stroke, and remove the endcaps via split path between two non endpoint nodes and you should have just what you are looking for.
Heh, just tried it. It even works.
Very round about, but I think that might give you what you need. And perhaps someone else has a better idea. :)
Aaron Spike
On 8/20/05, aaron@...476... <aaron@...476...> wrote:
Very round about, but I think that might give you what you need. And perhaps someone else has a better idea. :)
Draw one line, duplicate, inset or outset as necessary.
aaron@...476... wrote:
les kraut wrote:
I am trying to draw freehand lines that are parrellel to each other. I would like about a 1mm gap between two 2mm lines. I have looked at everything in the stroke style menu, is there another setting somewhere?
Very round about, but I think that might give you what you need. And perhaps someone else has a better idea. :)
Oh, maybe this is a better idea. Create a white copy of your 5mm line on top via paste in place and set the stroke to 1mm.
And the ultimate would be to do that with clones so the it remains editable, but I don't know how to do that.
Aaron Spike
Aarons method works very well for complex paths (lines) as well as simple ones. It is very useful in maps when you want a particular track type and you might have long straggling multi-join paths wandering hither and yon. It is also useful to group the two lines so you don't inadvertantly mess up later on. Make sure the duplicate is on top of the original. Even slight discrepancies are very obvious. Also you can extend the idea to make multi track lines, three four etc parallel lines, and there is the joy of making your own broken lines. Erik
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aaron@...476... wrote:
les kraut wrote:
I am trying to draw freehand lines that are parrellel to each other. I would like about a 1mm gap between two 2mm lines. I have looked at everything in the stroke style menu, is there another setting somewhere?
Very round about, but I think that might give you what you need. And perhaps someone else has a better idea. :)
Oh, maybe this is a better idea. Create a white copy of your 5mm line on top via paste in place and set the stroke to 1mm.
And the ultimate would be to do that with clones so the it remains editable, but I don't know how to do that.
Aaron Spike
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