Yes, I think we met on launchpad. I don't have have any pics of the kind of work I want to use the 3d program for. I've been doing only traditional stained glass for a long time. There are sculptures I wanted to do but it was too difficult for me to plan on my own. So, I'm hoping to use a 3d program...

Great. Thanks.

Thanks for the suggestions. However, I am looking for a more affordable alternative to ipad or surface pro, where the image is on the tablet, rather than a separate screen. Any ideas?

Lots of info here! Thanks everyone. I make sculptures out of sheets of glass. To reply to a comment - I make 3D forms with flat surfaces. 2D measurements don't help for the 3rd dimension as lines get foreshortened or lengthened in 2d to compensate for perspective. It'll save a lot of glass to do tri...

Brynn - That is just what I want to do. And yes, I would have a thin stroke outlining the forms. Your celtknot - is this how Knot transforms, leaving all segments separate?

What is LPE? How is it used?

What does closed path mean?

Papercut models sounds very interesting. Bryn, send to what other program and for what? Yes, measurements of the pieces is important. You wrote: Do you mean like for a 3d printer? I mean, if you want to draw the scupture in a 3d program, is it just to see what it's going to look like? Because if you...

tylerdurden - I like your ideas. Thanks.

I created an image made of strokes with parallel and perpendicular lines that cross at several points (1st) I did "convert to path", adjusting width of the stroke to define the width of the newly created paths. I wound up with an outline of all edges (2), but I wanted to create "weavi...

Thanks.

I understand what is said about scale, and changing size to the correct size at 0.96. However, since it seems that scale in in. set to 1.0 makes my test object print at the correct size, what is the benefit of using 0.96? Regarding setting up for inches, this is a daunting procedure for me. Any chan...

I'm looking for a program where I can design sculptures with geometric shapes that I can take measurements from for building the sculpture by hand. Not 3d printing.

Will the programs give you a layout with measurements?

I don't understand how to set it to always be in inches. I know basic functions. Creating a file for templates is unfamiliar. The scale is currently 1.000 and things work fine. If I change it to 96, not so much. Did I miss something? 4" box - with scale at 1.0, prints out 4", size boxes on...

I typically work with several images scattered around the "page" (what shows when you press 5). When I opened an svg and a pdf, all that work outside the page is gone!!! This never happened before. I'm new to version .92. Is this something that happens with it? I had been using an old vers...

When I open a pdf, it opens to a small window that cannot be made bigger.

Does PDF file only save what's on the doc, or also save general workspace?

How can I set up inkscape so that the program and documents always open with inches for measurements?

Ok. Thanks!

The file looks the same to me. Can you please explain "removed bitmaps"? I don't know what this means.

Trying again to put the link here to the uploaded file of the document I was working on.
https://framadrop.org/r/jMPMVeBss3#H0kn ... nQQA8jxWE=

This time I clicked Copy to clipboard instead of copying the link.

The links above are for error messages.

Here's the link for the file.
https://framadrop.org/d/QYtf7VHYaU/_YYu ... 5sZ4-An6tO

I don't know french - so, could you please tell me how big a file can be sent using framadrop?

That's a great site! Simple as can be to use. https://framadrop.org/r/xiV_-R2K89#RhSGJXMxB6insRVop5AXO7zRV5MqmjnmWmoIlQn/xKs= https://framadrop.org/r/y7hIjzmvtx#ceG2o4s77FGqW0fvnFfh1/nHtVJMYasS+9Ito7nwfUY= It just did it again.... :( No reason to be using an old one. I haven't used Inks for awhile a...

I'm using inkscape 0.48 on windows 7.

Is there something short of getting a drop box account I can do to help this along? That's a lot of steps for someone like me who is a bit of a babe with computer stuff.

I got the attached error msg 4 times in a couple of hours. Is there something I'm doing to cause this? If not, can I do anything to prevent it? The attachment is small as Inkscape kept telling me it was too large when I tried to load it bigger. It is a screen shot of the full page I was working on. ...

I'm looking for a program best suited for designing sculpture. An ideal program would provide measurements of shapes so that I know what sizes to cut when making the scuptures. I don't know programming.

Hi all. Does anyone have a free 3d drawing program to recommend?