Hi I downloaded Inkscape 0.91 a while ago and now all the stroke gets squashed when I resize objects. This makes inkscape unusable as a drawing tool, and I cant seem to find the option that makes this "feature" go away. How do I fix this?

There's the button "when scaling objects, scale the strokes"

(not my image BTW, googled it)
but whether it's on or off, I don't get the same effect as you.
In my case, all stroke widths are scaled equally - or not scaled at all.
In your case, when scaling horizontally, the vertical stroke widths are scaled but not the horizontal ones...

Maybe a setting somewhere? Hope someone else can help, and I'm curious also...

So, filip, you are capable of:
"I just came up with a technique that produces a super fast gaussian blur effect..." (2013)
but now, your current opinion is:
"inkscape unusable as a drawing tool" (2015)

?!

I've seen that bug mentioned somewhere... And I've also experienced it myself. It's a known one, at least.
(usually, it doesn't happen for me - or rather, it jumps back after resizing - , so there must be a way to not have it... )

suv might have more info for us.

Unless you need it preserved transforms for other compelling reasons, change back to 'optimized' transforms (you likely changed the prefs [*] for Transforms from 'Optimized' (default) to 'Preserved' at some point).

[*] Edit > Preferences > Behavior > Transforms: Store transformation

~suv wrote:Unless you need it preserved transforms for other compelling reasons, change back to 'optimized' transforms (you likely changed the prefs [*] for Transforms from 'Optimized' (default) to 'Preserved' at some point).

[*] Edit > Preferences > Behavior > Transforms: Store transformation

Perfect!!! Thank you, this was indeed the case.

I changed this setting some time ago to experiment with svg-animations using Snap.js. When the transforms are preserved its easy to do transitions between shapes with only a couple of lines of code:

Maestral wrote:So, filip, you are capable of:
"I just came up with a technique that produces a super fast gaussian blur effect..." (2013)
but now, your current opinion is:
"inkscape unusable as a drawing tool" (2015)

?!

I actually use inkscape every day in my work as an interaction designer. I have Illustrator installed as well but I never use it. I have become dependant upon it so when the stroke suddenly scales wrong I get really upset

Naughty, naughty... ,)

Hey guys,

I have the same problem, but can't get it fixed. I'm not a designer, but a scientist and I'm using Inkscape to format graphs, bar plots etc.
When vertically scaling an object, I get the same effect as filip, regardless of which scaling option is selected:

Regular plot


Scaled (scaling option 1 not selected)


Scaled (scaling option 1 selected)


When scaling option 1 is deselected the result is better, but frankly still not good at all. Also the text is being scaled; I'd much rather have it simply moved along with the other objects in the group, but still look like regular text.
Can anyone help me with these issues?

Thanks!

Hey,

just figured it out myself: When I ungroup everything again, the horizontal strokes have a proper width again.
I'd still like to know though whether there's a workaround to not scale the text, but merely move it along with the rest of the group

Many thanks!

Quoting ~suv:

Unless you need preserved transforms for other compelling reasons, change back to 'optimized' transforms (you likely changed the prefs [*] for Transforms from 'Optimized' (default) to 'Preserved' at some point).

[*] Edit > Preferences > Behavior > Transforms: Store transformation

(this works without ungrouping everything after scaling the group)

and no, it's either scaling the whole group or scaling a selected part of the group, and then moving the rest to the correct position. You can't mix scaling and moving for different objects in a group.