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Help Using Inkscape => Inkscape Beginners' Questions => Topic started by: kronos on March 05, 2017, 07:35:24 AM

Title: Symmetry while making a path
Post by: kronos on March 05, 2017, 07:35:24 AM

Is it possible to turn on symmetry  while making a path so that a center of a path is axis of symmmetry ?

Title: Re: Symmetry while making a path
Post by: Lazur on March 05, 2017, 08:44:14 AM

Hi.

Yes, it is. Add the new mirror path effect (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1sj4AeU3Yo) to the object available from 0.92.

Title: Re: Symmetry while making a path
Post by: kronos on March 16, 2017, 12:20:06 PM

Lazur, is it possible to continue the path after adding symmety effect ?

For example, I have used Bezier path with holding Ctrl to make it straight. Then I applied Mirror symmetry. I would now like to continue modeling the path with Bezier spiro tool to keep the mirror on.
How to do that ?

Title: Re: Symmetry while making a path
Post by: Lazur on March 19, 2017, 10:48:54 AM

Sorry for the late reply. Yes, it is possible doing so.

After you added a mirror symmetry, add a spiro spline path effect, and move it on top of the path effect chain, then
use the pen tool to continue the path from one of its start/end node(s).

Title: Re: Symmetry while making a path
Post by: kronos on March 20, 2017, 04:08:04 PM

Thanks. It works.