How to Adjust the Distance?

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mr.anderson
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How to Adjust the Distance?

Postby mr.anderson » Mon Sep 01, 2008 2:59 am

Hi everybody!

At first, sorry for my bad english! ;)

I really like Inkscape and working with Inkscape is really nice, but there is one thing I don't really get in my head.

How I can adjust a max. Distance for the knots / node? I mean, for example when I create a logo, it always have some ugly "dents"...

Just a simple example, I wish to create this logo:

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If I made this with this tool :tool_pen: my result looks like that (overdone!):

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Cause I can't observe all knots / node it always have some "dents", coz my logos are complex :D

So, is their a way that I could fix the "dents", i hope their is tool that reduce or expand the Distance of the knots / node to chosen maximum???

I hope you understand what I want to say.... :mrgreen:

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aho
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Re: How to Adjust the Distance?

Postby aho » Mon Sep 01, 2008 3:18 am

Just draw it as a line with a thick stroke. Once you're satisfied with the shape you can convert it to path if you like (path->object to path).

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Re: How to Adjust the Distance?

Postby Simarilius » Mon Sep 01, 2008 5:07 am

If you do use the pen tool, make sure you just click rather than click/drag, and the line segments will stay straight, and then if you hold ctrl the lines will snap to angles so you can keep em vert/horiz easier.

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Re: How to Adjust the Distance?

Postby microUgly » Mon Sep 01, 2008 9:16 am

Or you could use :tool_rectangle:.

Your problem is the basics of using Inkscape. I recommend you read the Inkscape Guide to get a good understanding of how to use Inkscape.

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Re: How to Adjust the Distance?

Postby aho » Mon Sep 01, 2008 8:43 pm

Since he was able to create the first example, I'm pretty sure he knows how to draw a rectangle with the rectangle tool. ;)

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Re: How to Adjust the Distance?

Postby brynn » Tue Sep 02, 2008 7:14 am

Or else, is there maybe a pressure sensitivity setting that might be adjusted?


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