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Interface and Basic Drawing

  • move page :
    • ctrl + right mouse button
    • or hold down middle mouse button
  • scale UI:
    • ctrl + mouse whell
  • set stroke color
    • shift + pick color
  • Note: select & scale a shape will also scale its stroke.
  • circle tool
    • style: 1. pacman (outside) 2. half moon (partial circle) (inside)
  • select an object which is covered by another object
    • Alt + left-click x 2
    • if then you want drag that object, you must keep holding Alt key

Groups, Levels, and Object Selection

  • ways to multi-select objects
    1. shift-click to select another object
    2. rect select
  • group objects ( join as one object permanently )
    • first, multi-select objects
    • menu/object/group
  • change property of a single object in a group, without ungrouping it
    • double click the group object
    • select a single object
    • edit propery
    • escape ( or select other object that is not in this group)

Text and Fonts

  • modify positions of some specific characters in a text
    • selet those characters ( line wise by default ) , then hold Alt key + arrow keys
  • more tools
    • menu/Extensions/Text/
      • capitalize, lowercase, uppercase, split ...
    • menu/Text/Put on Path
      • then menu/Path/Object to path , to finalize it. ( you now can remove the object used to path )
    • how to put the text on the path inside a circle ?
      • Put on Path
      • flip horizontally
      • but the letters are too close, choose the text tool, set the letter space.

Drawing Lines and Paths vs Objects

  • FreeHand Drawing tool creates path, while tools like rectange, circle creating objects.
  • Draw Line
    • Recommended way is to use Bezier Curve Tools
  • We can convert a object to a path
    • menu/Path/Object to Path
    • We can also add node to path, by double clicking on the path (edge).

Bezier Tool and Nodes

  • Mode: "Creating Regular Bezier Path"
    • single left click to create path with line segment
      • hold on shift-key can drag the handler out from node so as to make curve
        • or left-click(hold) on the line(curve) , to change its shape.
    • when create 2nd, 3rd, ... node, hold left mouse key and move mouse can make curve as well.
    • Choose different "Shape" to get additional effect
  • Mode: "Creating Spiro Path"

Trace Bitmap Tool (Convert Raster to SVG)

  • Path/Trace Bitmap..

12 Difference, Union, Intersection, Combination

  • select both objects, /path/union
    • it is no longer an object now, it is a path

13 Align and Distribute

  • /Object/Align and Distribute , shift-cmd-A
  • distribute: setting distance between objects

14 Spray Tool, Copy, Clone

  • how to do
    1. create any object
    2. choose 喷雾工具, draw as you want
  • options
    • prevent overlaping objects ( right most icon in tool bar)

15 - Using Layers

  • CMD-Shift-L , to open layer panel
    • and then , you can add/delete/hierarchy layers

16 - Using Filters

  • Menu Filter/

17 - Rendering Paths and Objects

  • generate random shape
  • Menu extension/render

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