Hello, Is there a way to place copies of an object along a path the same way that text can be put on a path (with orientation perpendicular to the path)? Would this require that an object first be converted to a font?
I've tried the Tiled Clones tracing and see that the L-system effect in 0.44 can define paths from rules.
Thanks!, John
On Tue, 2006-06-20 at 21:20 -0700, John Faith wrote:
Is there a way to place copies of an object along a path the same way that text can be put on a path (with orientation perpendicular to the path)? Would this require that an object first be converted to a font?
I've tried the Tiled Clones tracing and see that the L-system effect in 0.44 can define paths from rules.
I don't remember all the details, but I think you might be able to do something like this with markers. They'll only occur at places you have nodes, but you can "Add Node" a bunch of times to get all the nodes you want :)
--Ted
Ted, On 6/20/06, Ted Gould <ted@...10...> wrote:
On Tue, 2006-06-20 at 21:20 -0700, John Faith wrote:
Is there a way to place copies of an object along a path the same way that text can be put on a path (with orientation perpendicular to the path)? Would this require that an object first be converted to a font?
I've tried the Tiled Clones tracing and see that the L-system effect in 0.44 can define paths from rules.
I don't remember all the details, but I think you might be able to do something like this with markers. They'll only occur at places you have nodes, but you can "Add Node" a bunch of times to get all the nodes you want :)
--Ted
Thanks for the suggestion.
I found the file Resources/tutorials/making_markers.svg which gave a procedure for editing the svg:defs section in the XML.
I was able to add a new marker, but when I assigned it to the start of a path, it was not on the path, but ended up somewhere else. After playing around with it for a bit, it looks like I just need to be careful where on the canvas I initially create the new marker (should be centered on (0,0)?).
Thanks, John
On Wed, Jun 21, 2006 at 11:05:58AM -0700, John Faith wrote:
Ted, On 6/20/06, Ted Gould <ted@...10...> wrote:
On Tue, 2006-06-20 at 21:20 -0700, John Faith wrote:
Is there a way to place copies of an object along a path the same way that text can be put on a path (with orientation perpendicular to the path)? Would this require that an object first be converted to a font?
I've tried the Tiled Clones tracing and see that the L-system effect in 0.44 can define paths from rules.
I don't remember all the details, but I think you might be able to do something like this with markers. They'll only occur at places you have nodes, but you can "Add Node" a bunch of times to get all the nodes you want :)
--TedThanks for the suggestion.
I found the file Resources/tutorials/making_markers.svg which gave a procedure for editing the svg:defs section in the XML.
I was able to add a new marker, but when I assigned it to the start of a path, it was not on the path, but ended up somewhere else. After playing around with it for a bit, it looks like I just need to be careful where on the canvas I initially create the new marker (should be centered on (0,0)?).
That's correct.
Bryce
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