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Help Using Inkscape => Inkscape Beginners' Questions => Topic started by: nikovv on September 28, 2017, 08:27:38 AM

Title: Making metallic wires
Post by: nikovv on September 28, 2017, 08:27:38 AM

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

Title: Re: Making metallic wires
Post by: Lazur on September 28, 2017, 12:14:36 PM

Hi.

Gcodetools should help you with that.
Check this topic (http://www.inkscapeforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=29789) for details.
(Haven't used those myself yet so cannot go into details.)

Title: Re: Making metallic wires
Post by: nikovv on September 28, 2017, 06:15:11 PM

Quote from: Lazur on September 28, 2017, 12:14:36 PM

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)

Title: Re: Making metallic wires
Post by: Lazur on September 28, 2017, 07:13:13 PM

Thought it was about the layout. Posted a reply in your other topic (http://www.inkscapeforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&p=101219#p101219).

Title: Re: Making metallic wires
Post by: brynn on October 01, 2017, 01:24:51 AM

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.