Questions tagged [inkscape]
Questions about using the Inkscape vector-graphics application. Questions about how to install the application should go on Super User. Questions about scripting should go on Stack Overflow.
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drawing front view of 3D objects in inkscape
Hi, I am trying to draw the figure shown here using inkscape. I can create a cubiod/slab but I am not getting this view. I don't know how to rotate it. I guess rotation is not possible as it is only a ...
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Inkscape: change behavior of selection tool
Is there a preference to change, so to have the rectangle selection tool, in Inkscape, to behave "a-la-Illustrator", i.e. to select objects/paths/etc even if the selection rectangle ...
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Setting the Default Units to px for Inkscape on MacOS?
There's an answer for how to do this on Windows here. How do we do it on a MacBook (MacOS)?
The comments in the other question mention that the configuration location is under ~/.config/inkscape ... ...
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How do I "inset" one image into another image in Inkscape?
I'm trying to create a custom happy birthday logo for laser engraving that incorporates the happy birthday vector image and the cancer ribbon vector image that I have created (attached). I am trying ...
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Align (distribute) object at center of margin in Inkscape?
Using Inkscape 1.2.2 (1:1.2.2+202212051550+b0a8486541), let's say I have this situation:
I have a "physical" page which is 100x100 mm; and then "actual" page represented by the ...
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Inkscape does not support SVG <use> directive [duplicate]
I was trying to import an SVG file that I made using the SVG <use> directive:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/SVG/Element/use
<svg viewBox="0 0 30 10" xmlns="http:/...
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Creating tiled clones that are spaced 10px apart horizontally in Inkscape?
I drew a diagonal line with the Bezier tool and I want to create 10 tiled clones of it horizontally in a row and they should overlap. So if the first original tile is at 0,0, then the next on starts ...
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Clipping Bezier Tool lines with Inkscape?
I'm trying to cut/clip two parallel bezier lines with Inkscape using a triangle also made with the bezier tool and these are my steps.
First draw a single straight line.
Then do path > stroke to ...
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Inkscape 1.2.2: How to resize existing Text objects and have that object be the last used style for newly added Text objects
Version info:
Inkscape: Inkscape 1.2.2 (732a01da63, 2022-12-09)
Operating system: Running on Microsoft Windows 10
Steps to reproduce what I think might be a defect, or I'm simply not doing it the ...
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How to generate a spring along a circular path?
This picture shows a spring but along a circle.
How can I draw this in Inkscape? Thank you in advance.
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Markers to Path
I am making a pattern where I need to create squares made from circles, as shown in the image below. It's important that the corners have fully formed circles, so I am not using the "Pattern ...
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svg : what does "use xlink:href" mean in Inkscape?
Is the blue circle a "node" - or what - in this screenshot, and what can be done with it?
Are the only edits (via GUI) going to be by clicking the individual circle? Will "stroke" ...
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In Inkscape, how to set the alpha channel without changing the other color components?
I have this collection of six rhombuses in three different colors:
Right now each has an alpha channel of 96%. I want to see what the object looks like if I make it more transparent, so that it ...
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Inkscape : dots/points on a curve/line --> x,y coordinates of points in svg file?
Does Inkscape have a way to put points on a curve or line so the coordinates of the points will be written to the svg file? I seem so close to doing this, but perhaps I need a different program.
The ...
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Matching the image with its background color?
Any idea on how to make the white region the same color as the light brown background without bothering the axis, or curves?
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How to cutout and keep only the contents of a circle of vectors with Inkscape?
I have a document of 75+ vector graphics laid out in a grid fashion that fills the entire page.
I would like to create a "circular crop" of the grid, leaving only the vector objects and ...
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Inkscape circle/ellipse : marker for center?
I am moving very large circles in Inkscape, snapping the centers to nodes on another shape (see links below). I have to fish around with the circle to get the snap guide to appear. I have marked the ...
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Inkscape scripting and automation: nodes?
How does Inkscape handle nodes in scripting? Or can the nodes be written out in some way? Or perhaps there is a better place to ask about this:
I have a simple manual clicking routine that seems a ...
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divider or compass tool - or equivalent way - in Inkscape or Gimp?
Is there a divider or compass tool in Inkscape or Gimp?
What I mean is the drafting tool called a divider is a way to scribe an arc a fixed distance from a point. The compass does this also. I ...
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Inkscape: wrap text and objects on a label around a bottle
How can I progressively decrease the width of a group of objects or texts in inkscape 1.2? (From top to bottom in image below).
I tried various path effects and build-in extensions, but none of them ...
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Inkscape circle/ellipse/arc tool : reset shape?
The circle/ellipse/arc tool works well, however, I am finding the tool is copying the last used circle somehow. I have previously tried editing the nodes, and fiddling until e.g. a circle looks ...
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Inkscape : simultaneously adjust multiple Bezier handles on rectangles?
I need to create an C-shaped outline. Essentially, I hope that more than one Bezier handle can move simultaneously. I do not mean the two handles associated with one node, but the Bezier handles from ...
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Ensuring that a resizing keeps the border to width/height ratio constant
In a document I want to create some symbols which ratio of contour over width/height are kept constant when I resize. See the picture below to understand what is the issue:
Big size:
After resizing:
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What's the most effective way to create a curved rectangle in inkscape
Hi, I'm trying to create that figure in a fast and symmetrical way, I've tried several methods but all of them are either too complicated or not symmetrical. I know there should be a way to make that ...
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How to export selected items from Inkscape 1.2 a user-supplied background into PNG file automatically?
If I set a Desk background as indicated in the Where is the white inkscape background? answer, I see it in Inkscape. But, when I select all objects, and then export it like this:
I still end up with ...
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How to do these pattern borders on Inkscape?
I've been pondering how to make the specific border style like in this patch in Inkscape since I'm already quite confused at this point.
How to do the patch border on Inkscape like in this image? I'm ...
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How do I create a "tent"-shape in Inkscape?
I'm using Inkscape to draw my diagrams and I would like to create a diagram of a singularity, so that it looks like a disk that is bent downwards in
the middle, so a reverse tent, kind of like the ...
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Create gradient blurred background
I want to create a blurred gradient background effect similar to the designs below. How can I do this using Inkscape or Photoshop/Illustrator?
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Why changing font size only changes height?
I exported an image (from R) to SVG and want to modify it with Inkscape. My problem is that when I change the font size, it only changes it vertically, the width is not changing at all, which ...
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Custom symbol saved have different thickness when I import them
I would like to create my own library of symbols in inkscape.
I managed, thanks to this answer, to do it.
Unfortunately, when I save the symbol, and I import it, the thickness of the lines are ...
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Create image library
I would like to save some symbols that I have drawn in inkscape in some "homemade" library so that I can drag and drop these image later.
Is there a simple way to do it?
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How to create a star-trail effect in Inkscape?
What method can be followed to accomplish a star trail effect in Inkscape?
This is what one sees when looking at night-time photographs with long exposure times, if you point the camera towards ...
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Selective cutout effect to give depth to overlapping lines
I'm looking for a good (i.e., efficient and flexible) Inkscape technique to achieve a selective "cutout" effect for indicating depth of and visualize separation between overlapping paths (...
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Inkscape Showing all Fonts as Thick Bubble Letters [duplicate]
Inkscape 1.2.2 is displaying all the default fonts as unreadable and very big undefined letters similar to bubble letters. This happened on my original install of inkscape on Win 11, then I ...
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How can you create paths with precise curvatures in Inkscape?
I want to curve the line between points of a path using a specific value. Instead of dragging the line to curve it, I want to type a specific curvature value. Otherwise, it is impossible to get two ...
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How to remove the shadow (outline) of text in inkscape?
After much trying tutorials and googling how to remove the black outlines of text in Inkscape (I think it's the "stroke"), I have no luck. I would just like to make a few designs for ...
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How to force SVG path to be relative
First off - I have very little experience working with SVGs beyond using them as image files.
I have an SVG file I got from a third-party vendor. Whenever I save the SVG, it sets the width and height ...
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Inkscape px values in UI don't match SVG values
In Inkscape 1.2.2 on Windows 10 I'm tryint to create an SVG that completely starts off from px measurements, and I'm trying to get the base measurements (widths, heights, stroke widths, etc) all in ...
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Bezier pen tool problem
I already have the bezier tool taking different forms, for example, when I draw a straight line, sometimes it doesn't change the width, I can't zoom in or out, then after I finish the line, sometimes ...
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How to save as high resolution print at a specific dimensional size with InkScape 1.2+
I have InkScape 1.2.2 installed and I have a print preperation question. Based on my attached screenshot...
You will see that I have a document that is 7 by 5 inches for the page size. It has an ...
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How to get rid of the parts that stick out when the end of a line intersects another line in Inkscape?
Here's an image that describes what I mean. The cap of the line segment sticks out when the line segment ends right next to a different line, and I was wondering if there's a good way to make it flush ...
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Pattern along Path appears to be broken in InkScape 1.1
In InkScape 1.1, I have a pattern of a laurel (created with Interpolate and then path -> combined) and a circle (no fill, just border and object to path) that I created as shown...
When I select ...
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How to create 3d metallic man in inkscape?
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After working with blender . I got the concept how to create. Just for motivating i am sharing a sample. Here i drawn simple sample outline . Lighting and more 3d parts not worked out in this ...
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Possible to modify clip dimensions once clipped, in InkScape?
Within InkScape, is it possible to modify the clip dimensions once the object is clipped? I would like to include more area of what I am visually displaying, within the clipped state. Is this ...
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Is it possible to parametrize colors in the Inkscape?
Let's say I create a set of pictures with common color scheme. Is it possible to parametrize most of colors and after pictures creation change common colors? There is some instruments to do similar ...
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Creating a path node at projected intersection between line segment and edge
How would I go about inserting a node on my current path at the projected intersection between an edge and a line segment continuation?
To more fully explain what I'm after, I actually want to be able ...
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Can I copy the skew from one object to another?
I have two images which I want to skew with the same amount. Is there a way I could 'copy' the skew from one image to the other one? I could do this by eye but this would not be an ideal solution.
I ...
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SVG gradient, arrow and mask from Inkscape not being rendered in some software
Again an SVG rendering bug, so here we go.
What I did
I wanted to combined (or add) an arrow at the bottom of the Mastodon brand/icon and kept everything else, basically. (Switching the letter was ...
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How do you rotate the position of multiple objects without rotating the objects themselves in Inkscape?
I have a set of objects that are placed a certain way and now I want to rotate the whole arrangement. However, if I use the transform-handles it changes the orientation of the objects as well:
How ...
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Wrapping multiple texts around a circle and distribute them evenly
I wish to wrap text onto a circle.
I know I could select first the circle, then the text, but I wish to put multiple text on the same circle, and align them evenly, to reach something similar like ...
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