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December 22, 2018, 01:47:56 AM
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Sembot

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Hai,

Who can help me move forward, I want to draw a drawing in inkscape  in real size to plot them in real size
Here is the drawing that I want to plot in real size, the dimensions are approximately 50mm to 35mm
The drawing is not real size

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December 22, 2018, 04:49:33 PM
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I guess it depends on your own learning preferences, as to how you decide to learn these things.  Some people open Inkscape and just start playing with it.  That's a great way to learn some things.  For myself, after that, I turned to tutorials.

First I would suggest Help menu > Tutorials > Basic, Shapes, and Advanced (and don't worry, the one named "advanced" isn't really advanced - really it's an introduction to what you need, if you want to make that drawing yourself).

After that, check out the Home tab above (in the forum, I mean).  There are hundreds of tutorials linked there, and organized by skill levels.  A lot of people use YouTube (sadly) (because there are way more bad video tutorials than good ones).  But if you learn better visually, then YT might be better for you.

For drawing that....looks like a template for an airplane?  You'll want to use the Pen/Bezier tool.  You can change the width of the lines or the dash pattern using Object menu > Fill and Stroke > Stroke Style tab.  Then of course the Text tool for the text.

Do you want to draw it completely yourself, or do you want to trace over that?  If you want to trace over it, you can just import that image, and draw right on top of it.  Although personally, I would lock the layer where the imported image is, and create a new layer to draw on.  That way, you can hide the locked layer, in  case you want to look at your work, without seeing the import.

If you want to draw it without tracing, you'll probably need some practice first.  Just open Inkscape, enable the Pen/Bezier tool, click once on the canvas, and then.....whatever your heart desires!  This is a tutorial I wrote a long time ago, about drawing a line (which apparently a lot of people can't figure out).  https://forum.inkscapecommunity.com/index.php?action=articles;sa=view;article=7

To have all the sizes right, you'll need to make sure File menu > Document Properties > Page tab > Scale, is set properly.  If you've never changed it, and you want to use mm, then don't touch it, you're good to go.  If you want different units, change ONLY the Units.  Don't touch the Scale.

If you have changed the Scale in the past, let us know.  You'll need to do a little routine to fix it, and we can tell you how.  But if you've never touched it, don't.  Only change the units, if you need different units.
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December 23, 2018, 02:53:25 AM
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Hai,

Thank you for the explanation
I am now figuring out first to get a grid and snap of 1mm in a frame of 46mm on 36mm, and a tool to draw straight lines on the grid

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December 25, 2018, 09:46:37 AM
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To configure a grid, File menu > Document Properties > Grids.  You can make any kind of rectangular or axonomic grid you want.

To draw a straight line with the Pen tool, you need to place corner/cusp nodes, rather than smooth nodes.  I think that is mentioned in the tutorial I gave a link to above.....but I can't remember for sure.

The corner/cusp nodes are diamond shaped, and smooth nodes are square.  To set a corner/cusp node, click once on the canvas (with Pen tool).  If you click-drag, you will set a smooth node, and the line will not be precisely straight.  So you would need a corner/cusp node at both ends of the straight segment.

This is just a trick that I use.  It might not work for you.  But for myself, I get so frustrated, because it's way too easy, imo, to accidentally create smooth nodes.  So on the Pen tool control bar, I set it for Straight Line mode, rather than Regular Bezier mode.  Then the tool always and only creates corner nodes.

And just because it's a corner node doesn't mean you can't change it later, by switching to the Node tool.  And you can always grab the straight line with the Node tool and drag the line into the shape of the curve that you want. 

Once you start with the Node tool, you'll see the node handles.  They can be used to adjust the curve.  Grab that tiny circle on the end of the thin blue line, and drag.  I think most people probably prefer to grab the line (path) itself, and drag it until it looks right.  But it's strictly a matter of preference which way you want to do it.  Whatever works best for you.

Anyway, straight line mode is just my personal preference.  And you'll figure out your own preferences as you learn more and more, and practice more and more.
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