Making metallic wires

[nikovv]

Hi,
is there any effect in Inkscape that would allow me easily make such metallic wires like in the drawing?

[Lazur]

Hi.

Gcodetools should help you with that.
Check this topic for details.
(Haven't used those myself yet so cannot go into details.)

[nikovv]

Gcodetools should help you with that.

Thanks! This is a great tool. But, how would I do the shining and shadowing automatically to make 3D appearance once I get these lines wired correctly? Right now I am duplicating 2 times, making the difference and changing colors, this is too much work. Is there some automatic filter I could apply to make it look like 3D metalic wire? (just like in the picture i attached)

[Lazur]

Thought it was about the layout. Posted a reply in your other topic.

[brynn]

Welcome to the forum!

I haven't seen the other topic yet, so I'll just reply here.  I'd say you could use a filter for that.  Whether there's one that does exactly that, I'm not sure.  But you can fairly easily edit existing ones - less easily create new ones from scratch.  Filters menu to explore existing filters.  Filters menu > Filters Editor to edit exisint ones or create new.