Inkscape split a line segment into equal parts. Methods for ordering and combining objects

The contour menu contains a number of very useful functions for working with contours. Find full list options can be found in the menu "Circuit".

How to work with paths in inkscape

The menu for working with contours is called contours

Consider a group of the most commonly used features:

For training, let's create a couple of objects: a circle filled with purple, no stroke and a rectangle filled with green, no stroke. You can, of course, choose your own settings. AT this example the rectangle is above the circle.

Operation is first on the list. "Sum". It is easy to guess that a new figure is formed by the operation of combining (sum) two figures. Select both shapes with the mouse and apply Contour- Sum

The color of the new shape will be the color of the bottom object.

Let's change the order. Select the rectangle and press the key page down- thus we will lower the rectangle down. Let's do the summation again: make sure that the color of the new shape will be the color of the bottom shape.

When you set a stroke, the new shape gets the stroke color of the bottom shape

Next operation Difference . We draw two triangles: blue and red, red below.

Select both figures and "Contours" - "Difference".

As you can see, a section equal to the overlap area of ​​​​our figures is cut off from the bottom figure. The color is inherited from the bottom shape: as for:

intersection leads to the formation of a figure whose shape and area are equal to the shape and area of ​​​​the figure along which the two original figures intersect

For clarity, the upper triangle is made partially transparent. Next, apply to the same objects Contour - Intersection and observe, of course, a rhombus:

In this case, not only color is inherited, but also, for example, transparency, blur.

Operation exclusive or leads to the fact that a new figure is formed by combining the two original figures and deleting the area along which they intersect:

Contour - Exclusive or

Next operationDivide . This operation is very similar Difference , however, the part that was previously removed, with Separation saved and can be used.

Selection and Transform Tool used to select, move, and resize objects on the canvas with the mouse.

In order to activate inkscape selection and transformation tool select it in the tool window (the first tool on top is a black arrow) or press the S or F1 key.

How to select one object in inkscape

Using Select and Transform tool click it on an object and it will become selected. The selected inkscape object will have a black or dotted border around it. When hovering over an object, an image of a hand will appear next to the mouse cursor. In this case, holding down the left mouse button, you can change the location of the object by dragging it across the canvas. Black straight arrows along the edges of the frame allow you to resize the object. If you click on the object again with the mouse pointer, the black straight arrows will change to black curved arrows. In this case, you can rotate the object or change its slope.

If the object is part of a group, then the entire group of objects will be selected and all actions taken will be performed on the entire group. If you double-click on a group, this will give you the option to select separate objects within the group. To select multiple objects, hold down the SHIFT key. This way you can add and remove objects from the current selection.

If multiple objects are on top of each other, then hold down the ALT key. In this case, by clicking the mouse, those objects that are below will be selected sequentially. If you click this way three times, the third object from the bottom will be selected, and so on.

To select several objects, by clicking on an empty area of ​​the canvas and holding down the left mouse button, circle the desired objects with a appearing frame. All objects that are in the box will be selected.

Another way to select objects is to hold down the left mouse button and the Alt key while moving the mouse pointer. The mouse pointer will leave a red line behind it. All objects that fall on this red line will be selected after you release the mouse button. This method is especially useful when the objects are mixed in such a way that it is difficult to select them in the ways described earlier. For example, as in the figure below. Note that the starting point must be on a blank canvas. Read above about what happens if you click on an object.

You can add objects to the already selected ones in this way using the key combination Shift + Alt .

To invert the selection, use the button! (exclamation point or Sift + 1). This combination inverts the selection on the current layer. Alt+! inverts the selection on all available layers.

moving

In order to move an object, click on it with the mouse pointer and, keeping the left mouse button pressed, move the object as you need. In order to move the object while adhering to the axes and anchoring of the object, hold down the Ctrl button on the keyboard while moving. The coordinates in the inkscape status bar indicate the current position of the mouse cursor.

You can also move an object using the arrow keys on your keyboard. In this case, the object will move in 2 pixel increments. If you hold down while moving the arrows Shift key, then the object will move in increments of 20 pixels. Holding down the Alt key will move the object in increments of 1 pixel.

Transform and resize

As already described above, there are two ways to change the size and position of an object. In inkscape with selection and move tool you can change the size of an object, or rotate or skew it. You can switch between modes by clicking on the object or using the key combination Shift+S .

You can change the size or scale of an object when there are straight black arrows at the edges of the selection. The arrows in the middle of the selection serve to change the width or height of the object, respectively. The arrows in the corners of the selection allow you to change both of these options.

In order to resize an object while maintaining proportions, click the lock in the top context panel selection tool, as shown in the picture on the right, or just hold down the Ctrl key while resizing the object.

In order to resize an object relative to its center point, hold down the Shift key while resizing. In this case, the center point of the object will be fixed and all resizing will occur relative to it.

If you hold down the Alt key while resizing, then resizing will occur in multiples of integers, for example, 2, 3, 4, etc. times more or less.

How to rotate a shape in inkscape

To rotate a shape in inkscape, switch to rotate mode. In this mode, the black arrows at the corners of the selection are not straight, but curved. The rotation of the figure is carried out by these arrows.

To rotate the shape by an angle multiple of 15 degrees, hold down the Ctrl key.

To rotate the shape around the opposite corner of the selection, hold down the Shift key.

The center of rotation of the figure is marked with a cross. If several objects are selected for rotation, then the rotation center will be determined by the first selected object. To change the position of the shape's rotation center, simply hover over it and drag it anywhere on the canvas. The center of rotation can be located not only within the selected shape, but anywhere on the canvas where you want.

The figures below show an example of changing the position of the center of rotation. In the first case, the center of rotation is by default in the center of the figure.

In the second figure, the center of rotation has been moved to the upper right corner of the figure.

To return the center of rotation back to the center of the shape, as it is located by default, move the mouse cursor over it and, while holding down the Shift key, click on it.

How to skew an inkscape shape

To skew the shape in rotation mode, use the arrows located in the middle of the selection outline. In the picture on the left, they are marked in red.

In this mode, you can also flip the shape from left to right or top to bottom. You can do this in the upper context selection toolbar or by pressing the V or H keys on the keyboard to flip the shape vertically or horizontally, respectively.

Reflecting a shape will not change its size inside the selection area. This can be seen in the example shown in the figure below.

At the same time, the rotation and inclination of the figure relative to the pivot point described above will, in most cases, lead to a change in its position.

There are four parameters that can be controlled when transforming an object.

They are located as buttons on the top contextual toolbar. The appearance of the buttons is shown in the figure on the left. These are "When changing an object, change the stroke thickness in the same proportion", "When resizing rectangles, change the radius of rounded corners in the same proportion", "Transform gradients in a fill or stroke with the object" and "Transform textures in a fill or stroke along with object". The pressed position of the button corresponds to the inclusion of this parameter and vice versa.

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If you double-click on an object with a selection tool, the tool corresponding to the object will be activated. If you double-click on an ellipse, the program activates the ellipse tool.

To fine-tune the transformation parameters, you can use the transformation settings window. You can open this window by pressing the key combination Shift+Ctrl+M .

To deselect just press Esc .

The Ctrl and Shift+Ctrl key combinations allow you to select one object from a group of objects.

When pressed Alt key dragging objects starts no matter where the mouse cursor is. Without this key, to drag an object, you must click on it with the mouse pointer. This can be useful when dragging shapes that are under other shapes.

Mladen Mikhailovich

How to divide a circle into equal parts in Inkscape?

Mladen Mikhailovich

No specific problem, I just can't believe it's as hard as creating a bunch of lines and managing your angles and alignment - I kind of thought I was missing something and there was a better, easier way to do it.

Paolo Gibellini

Sorry, that was a typo... I tried instead of problems. I agree, Inkscape misses some useful features, but you can always request new features. Regarding your specific question, sorry, on this moment I don't have a quick answer.

Mladen Mikhailovich

Answers

Socowi

The naive way is to use the Circle tool and its sector (pie chart) to draw sectors with the same angle. Press ctrl while drawing the slices to enable snapping every 15° (snap angle can be changed in Edit > Preferences > Behavior > Steps > Rotation snaps every ... degrees).

The naive method is viable in a few cases (rough subdivision, angles are multiples of 15°, ...).

With some effort, you can emulate the associated polar grid tool using mosaic clones inkscape. For the following steps, it is useful to use the "binding options" center of bounding boxes", « point knots" and " center of rotation" .

1. Draw a circle.
2. Draw a line from the center of the circle outward so that the line is longer than the radius of the circle.
3. Move the center of rotation of the line to the center of the circle.
   Click on the line twice ( not double click). + Must appear in the middle of the line. Drag the + to the center of the circle. Binding is recommended.
4. Select the line and click Edit > Clone > Create Tiled Clones... *
5. On the tab " Symmetry" select " P1: simple translation" and press " Reset" .
6. On the tab " Shift" check the box " Exclude tiles on string" .
7. On the tab Turn enter 360/N in the field Angle on string(replace N with your desired number of sectors, and yes, Inkscape can calculate 360/N, no calculator needed)
8. Rows, columns»
9. Click Create .
10. Select the resulting clones and unlink them (shift+alt+d or Edit > Clone > Unlink Clone).
11. Combine unrelated clones (ctrl+k or Path > Combine).
12. Divide the circle using the combined object (select both objects, ctrl+/ or Path > Division).

1. Draw a circle.
2. Duplicate the circle (ctrl+d) and hit Edit > Clone > Create Tiled Clones... *
3. On the tab " Symmetry" select " P1: simple translation" and press " Reset" .
4. On the tab " Shift" check the box " Exclude tiles on string" .
5. On the tab Scale enter -100/N in the fields Scale X and Scale Y on string(replace N with your desired number of sectors, and yes, Inkscape can calculate 100/N, no calculator required)
6. At the bottom of the dialog box, select " Rows, columns» and enter N and 1 in the appropriate fields.
7. Click Create .
8. Select the resulting clones and unlink them (shift+alt+d or Edit > Clone > Unlink Clone).
9. Combine unrelated clones (ctrl+k or Path > Combine).
10. Divide the circle using the combined object (select both objects, ctrl+/ or Path > Division).

You can also combine both approaches to create a "radar". Just merge the unrelated clones ("star" and "bull's eye") and use the result to split your circle.

* In Inkscape 0.91 Create Tiled Clones a little buggy. Often the clones will be offset across the canvas (probably due to the transformation matrices in XML file). The issue has been fixed in Inkscape 0.92.
Temporary solution:

1. Create and place the object to be cloned.
2. Copy the object.
3. Create new layer.
4. Move to a new layer.
5. Paste the object in the same place (ctrl+alt+v) and use tile clones.

Update: there is also an add-on for drawing polar coordinate systems. It might be easier to use such a coordinate system to split the circle instead of using tiled clones, but I haven't tested the addon yet.

Mladen Mikhailovich

Wow, thanks for such a detailed answer...

The program allows you to work with paths, shapes, text, gradients and imported graphics.

Supported document formats:

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Zooming. The easiest way to change the scale is with the - and + keys. You can also use middle mouse click (Shift + click to zoom out), or rotate the mouse wheel while holding down the Ctrl key. You can also enter the desired scale in the input field in the lower right corner of the window and press Enter. And finally, on the left panel there is a Zoom tool, with which you can zoom by dragging the mouse over the desired area.

Document properties(Shift+Ctrl+D). You can resize the canvas to fit the content, for example. Set grid.

Node editing tool. Call by clicking F2. You will see several gray squares on the path - nodes. These nodes can be selected different ways: mouse click, Shift+click or drag selection - just like objects are selected with a regular selection tool. You can also click on a path segment to automatic selection neighboring nodes. The selected nodes become highlighted and show their levers - one or two circles connected to the selected node by a straight line segment. Paths are edited by dragging their nodes and handles. You can insert nodes into any part of the contour by double-clicking the mouse or by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Click at the desired point of the contour. You can erase nodes by pressing Del or Ctrl+Alt+Click. When deleting nodes, the program will try to save the shape of the contour. If you don't want this, use the Ctrl+Del combination. In addition, you can duplicate selected nodes (Shift+D). The path can be broken at the place of the selected node (Shift+B), and broken, connected back by selecting the ends of the path and pressing Shift+J. Each node can be sharp (Shift+C) - this means that both levers of the node can move at any angle independently of each other; smoothed (Shift+S) - this means that the levers of the node are always in a straight line and are mutually dependent when turning; symmetrical (Shift+Y) - almost the same as the smoothed levers, but these levers are also the same length. When changing node type, you can save the position of one of the two levers by holding the mouse cursor over it, so that only one lever is rotated/scaled to match.

XML editor(Shift+Ctrl+X). You can edit your drawings and see the changes in the Introduction to XML tree, or vice versa, you can edit any text, element or node attribute in the XML editor and see the result on the canvas.

File> Import (File> Import)(Crtl+I). Inkscape allows you to embed the imported file in our development svg file (the default action). Or you can link the file to ours, in which case Inkscape won't store a copy of the file inside SVG file, and saves only a link to the imported file.

Path > Object to Path- you can convert any shape to a contour, but the reverse transformation is impossible.

Tools

Selecting objects

Select the selection tool. Now click on any object on the canvas. You will see eight inverse arrows around the object. Now you can:

drag the object itself with the mouse (press Ctrl to move strictly horizontally or vertically)

resize the object by dragging any of the arrows with the mouse (press Ctrl to keep the original ratio of width and height).

If you click on the object again, the appearance of the arrows will change. Now you can:

rotate the object with the mouse using the corner arrows (holding Ctrl rotates the object by angles that are multiples of 15 degrees),

Bevel an object using non-angular arrows.

You can use the input fields on the top panel to set the exact coordinates (X and Y) and dimensions (W and H) of the selected objects.

With the Shift key pressed, several objects are selected. Esc removes any current selection. Ctrl+A selects all objects in the document.

Duplicating and Cloning an Object

duplication object (Ctrl+D). The duplicate is located exactly above the original object, becomes selected, and you can immediately move it with the mouse or arrow keys.

When creating a duplicate of an object (duplication), we get an exact copy of the object - its duplicate. Each double in this case is a completely independent object, which can later be changed arbitrarily. At the same time, the changes made are not reflected in any way either on the original object or on other duplicates.

The situation is different with cloning.

Cloning object - his exact copy The associated with the original object. All changes to the original object are propagated to its clones. At the same time, changes to an individual clone are not reflected in any way either on the original object or on other clones. To clone an object, select the original object and select the item clone ‒ create clone from the Edit menu. The clone is placed over the object and becomes selected. Just like the duplicate, it can be moved with the mouse or arrows.

Modifying the clone does not affect the original in any way, but changes to the original, such as object size and/or fill color, are immediately reflected in the clone.

Patterns can be created from clones. To do this, select the source object and select the item Clone - Create a pattern from clones in the Edit menu.

Boolean operations on objects

The commands on the Path menu allow you to merge two or more objects using logical operations. Operations Difference and XOR can only be applied to two selected objects; others can apply to any number of objects. The resulting object always uses the style settings (fill and stroke) of the underlying object. The sum merges two objects and makes one out of them. Using the XOR command looks similar to the Combine command, but the difference is that the XOR command adds nodes where the original paths intersect. The difference between the Split and Cut Path commands is that the former cuts the integrity of the lower object with the path of the upper object, while the latter cuts only the stroke of the lower object and removes the fill (this is useful for cutting the strokes of unfilled objects).

Copying a Style

If the style of one object (for example, a square) needs to be converted to the style of an already configured object (for example, a circle), you need to select a circle, click ctrl+c, to copy the circle. After that, select the square and click Shift+Ctrl+V to apply the style of the copied object. Instead of pasting a new circle into the workspace, the style of the copied object will be applied on a square.

Layers

Layers(layers) are often used to separate parts of the same image into parts. All layers are ordered relative to each other, so one layer can be the background for another and at the same time hide the third.

The "Layers" panel is called by the keys Shift+Ctrl+L or you can use the buttons at the bottom of the Inkscape interface.

The Layers panel allows you to:

You can select a layer by clicking on its name in the layer list. You can work with the selected layer.

The layer can be renamed. Double click on his name.

If you click on the image of the eyes of glory from the name of the layer, the layer can be made invisible. You can use both visible and non-visible layers. By hiding a layer, we get the opportunity to work with the layer lying below, it is also possible to hide layers created as drafts and for storing comments!

The image of the lock to the left of the layer name allows you to make the layer non-editable and non-selectable, they say “lock” the layer. This is extremely useful when working with complex images, as a lot of things will accumulate in the course of work. You leave the layer you're currently working on editable and block other layers from being edited in case you accidentally mess up something on them.

The arrow buttons at the bottom of the window allow you to change the location of the layer relative to others. You can move the layer up or down in steps, or move the layer to the very top or bottom using the arrow and dash buttons. The layer at the top of the list, above the other layers, the layer at the end of the list is the lowest.

The Plus and Minus buttons allow you to add and remove layers, respectively.

Opacity allows you to change the transparency of the layer, it is very useful for all sorts of effects. This is also useful for work note layers. I prefer to use the calligraphic brush tool on the left side of the screen, in a separate draft layer. Then I can take the whole layer, make it partially transparent, move it to the top, then lock it. This way I can refine my main drawing while having a visual representation of the new layer.

Drawing tools

Rectangle

With the Rectangles and Squares tool, you can draw a rectangle by moving the mouse across the canvas while holding down the left mouse button. While holding down ctrl key, you get a square. By changing the Horizontal Radius and Vertical Radius parameters in the panel above, you can get a square with rounded edges (the same, but with less precision, can be done using round corner handles). To cancel the rounding of an object and return it to its original state (rectangle), you can click the Not rounded button on the property bar.

Ellipse

With the Circles, Ellipses, and Arcs tool, you can draw an ellipse by moving the mouse across the canvas while holding down the left mouse button. While holding down Ctrl key, you get a circle(holding Ctrl will keep the proportions of the shape as they were at the beginning, only the size changes. Holding Shift + Ctrl we resize the circle from its center, and not from the opposite corner.

By changing the Start and End parameters in the panel above, you can get a circle segment (the same, but with less accuracy, can be done using round corner markers). By checking the box Open arc, you can turn the sector into a segment. In order to return the object to its original state (ellipse), you can click the Make whole button on the property bar.

Stars and polygons

By moving the mouse on the canvas and holding down the left mouse button, you can draw a polygon. By changing the Ratio of Radii parameter in the panel above, you can get various shapes, from a convex polygon (at a value of 1) to a star with very thin rays (at a value of 0.1). You can also change the number of corners and the degree of rounding. Each polygon contains two diamond-shaped markers. They allow you to change the shape of the polygon in various ways. For example, you can create interesting shapes by rotating the inner or outer handle around the center of the shape.

Spiral

The spiral tool allows you to create simple and logarithmic spirals. On the options bar, you can change the number of turns of the spiral, the degree of "untwisted" (nonlinearity) and the value of the inner radius

Pen and Pencil

Pen and Pencil create so-called outlines. Circuit is a sequence of straight line segments and/or Bezier curves, which, like any other object in Inkscape, can have its own fill and stroke parameters. Unlike shapes, a path can be freely edited by moving any of its nodes (not just preset handles) or by dragging its segment.

Menu Text

Text can be positioned along any curve. To do this, you need to select at the same time desired text and a curve and select the Place on Path item in the Text menu. The text will be placed along the curve, starting from its left edge. In order to remove text from the outline, you need to select Remove from outline from the Text menu.

Outline ⇨ Outline object

You can outline an object that does not have an outline. These can be shapes (rectangle, ellipse, box, star, spiral) created by the corresponding tools, or text objects.

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Figure 1 above shows the text object as seen using the path editing tool ( F2). Below is the same object after contouring and minor editing.

The resulting contour is a group of six objects, and in order to change their relative position, you need to ungroup it ( Object ⇨ Ungroup).

It is also possible to edit objects one by one without breaking the group using the same tool F2. To move one of the letters, you need to select all its nodes and move it to a new place (you can use the keyboard arrows).

Outline ⇨ Outline Stroke

Any path that has a non-zero stroke can be converted to an object that has two paths and a fill between them.

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New nodes are automatically created so that the two new paths are parallel.

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In this case, what was the stroke of the original (left) path becomes the fill of the new object. And the stroke of the new object must be assigned arbitrarily, so at first it does not have a stroke.

Some redundancy in the number of nodes being created is confusing, especially at the points indicated by the arrows in Figure 2.

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But the redundancy is apparent, without it, parallelism would not have been achieved, which is clearly demonstrated in Figure 4.

Using this property, the command Outline Stroke often used to create parallel curves.

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Figure 5 shows the steps in this process (from top to bottom):

• Create a path with a stroke of the desired thickness.
• We outline it. Delete the fill and add a stroke.
• Select 4 end nodes and apply the command Delete segment between two nodes(in the tool settings panel highlighter(F1).
• Ready parallel curves.

The command also helps to draw various polygons with uniformly rounded corners, as in Figure 6.

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Enough in the window Fill and Stroke choose Compound: with rounded corners.

Path ⇨ Sum / Difference / Intersection / XOR / Divide / Cut

This menu section Circuit contains six commands that allow you to perform logical operations on two or more selected objects.

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Figure 7 shows the effect of each of these commands applied to the objects at the bottom of the figure. Note that the original objects are not even paths (they are created by the tools Rectangle to and Ellipse), and at the "output" of the command there are already full-fledged contours with nodes and everything else.

Outline ⇨ Merge / Split

The next section includes commands Merge and smash

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In Figure 8, on the left (1) ≈ already familiar shapes (not contours), and on the upper right (2) ≈ the result of the Merge Contours command. As seen with the tool F2, these objects were converted into contours, and the resulting contours were combined into one complex contour of 8 nodes (which we are informed about by the message in status bar on the bottom frame of the Inkscape window).

Bottom right (3) ≈ the result of applying the command Break Out Contours to object 2. Now these are two paths with 4 nodes each.

Outline ⇨ Pull in / Pull out

These two commands allow you to reduce / increase the contour, by moving each of its points a certain distance inside or outside the contour. Since the default distance is two pixels, the effect can simply be overlooked. To increase it, go to the menu File ⇨ Customize Inkscape ⇨ Steps ⇨ Stretch or Stretch to: and replace 2 pixels with 20.

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In Figure 9, the red star was first scaled down ( retract). The resulting outline is made blue. Then the red star was enlarged ( Pull out) ≈ green outline.

The red star is not an outline and has retained its shape properties (can be modified with the star tool).

Notice also the rounding of inside corners on the blue outline and outside corners on the green outline. This is an inevitable consequence of moving each point (not a node!) of the path by 20 pixels perpendicular to the tangent to the path at that point.

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As shown in Figure 10, this effect does not occur for curved contours.

Contour ⇨ Dynamic retraction

The command combines the previous two, with the difference that it allows you to manually adjust the amount of reduction or increase in the outline.

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For this, special levers in the form of small diamonds are used, shown in Figure 11 by arrows. After applying the command Dynamic retraction, the object is converted to a path, a lever appears on the path, the tool automatically turns on F2

Contour ⇨ Linked retraction

This command creates a copy of the object, converts it to a path, provides a change lever, and turns on the tool F2, which changes the contour.

Unlike the team Dynamic retraction, the original object remains unchanged, and the resulting object is linked (linked) to the original one, like a clone with its parent.

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In Figure 12 on the left, the red rectangle is the source. The blue rectangle inside it is the associated outline, scaled down by hand.

You can move the original red rectangle, change its shape (Figure 12, right), and the blue outline will repeat all these changes.

Contour ⇨ Simplify

The contour can be simplified by reducing the number of nodes. Sometimes it improves appearance contour, sometimes (for example with fonts) to worsen it.

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In Figure 13, the first contour was drawn with the tool Pencil, which always gives an excess number of nodes. Loop 1 has 208 nodes (the number of nodes is indicated in the message in status bar), as they say, you can’t see the contour nodes. Contour 2 obtained by a single application of the command Simplify, it has 31 nodes. After a dozen applications of the command, a minimum of 10 knots was reached, and the simplification did not go further (circuit 3).

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Figure 14 shows that oversimplification can significantly degrade image quality. Immediately after the first use of the command Simplify the green letter did not change and had 31 knots. After the second application of the nodes, it became 29 and the quality did not suffer. But when the number of nodes reached 26, then the blue letter already looks bad. And, it would seem, only three knots of difference.

Outline ⇨ Expand

This command changes the direction of the path. The direction can be seen using the markers that are connected in the window Fill and Stroke.

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In Figure 15, a red outline with three nodes was first created. Its direction is shown by the middle node marker. After applying the command Expand the contour (green) has not changed, only its direction has changed, as evidenced by the marker.

There is another way to see the direction of the contours: connect the option File ⇨ Customize Inkscape ⇨ Nodes ⇨ Show Path Direction on Outline. To make the outline visible, you can connect another option File ⇨ Customize Inkscape ⇨ Nodes ⇨ Always Show Outline, or you can, as shown in Figure 15, enable the outline display in the tool settings panel F2. The yellow outline at the bottom of Figure 15 has a thin red outline with directional arrows on it.

Last menu section Circuit will be discussed in the next chapter, since the topic contour effects very extensive.