Assuming the heart shape is a seperate object, try: 1. Select the heart 2. Make a duplicate (ctrl-D) 3. Set the stroke of the duplicate to NONE 4. Set the fill colour of the duplicate to any colour 5. Select both the duplicate you just created AND one of the lines that is behind the heart 6. Path > ...

OK, this is how I would do this... let me think! 1. Select the text block and convert to paths (Path > Object to Path). 2. Ungroup the converted text. 3. Combine the individual letters into a single path object (Path > Combine). 4. Duplicate the rectangle (Ctrl-D) - the duplicate will be destroyed i...

You could try using the 'stroke to path' tool (Path > Stroke to Path). This will turn a single line into a closed path. Then use the node editor to delete the short segments at each end to leave two perfectly parallel lines. I hope this helps!

Thanks brynn - I will do those things. I am going camping with the kids right now so it will be a few days before I do anything. Tangent lines between irregular objects would be nice but probably complicated to code, I'm sure I've seen it done in some CAD application once. But where there's a will t...

Yes, you just need the INX and the PY and drop them in the share/extensions folder - the other two files are just some GIT stuff and should be ignored (unless you would like to make a fork ;-) ). Then select two circles (not ellipses) and 'Tangent...' should appear in the Extensions / Render menu. T...

This is an extension I wrote some years ago for drawing tangent lines between two circles. I re-discovered it a few days ago whilst looking through the hdd from my old computer (RIP). The comments and some of the variable names in the code are in Welsh - but I shall translate them if anyone is inter...