Re: custom objects?

Ooohhh, now I understand!

I learned how to crochet as a teenager, but I've never seen a chart like that. 
Actually I remember how to perform the stitches more than I remember how the 
instructions were written.  But they weren't in a chart like that.  Well plus, 
I've only ever made things like scarves and afghans - nice square things, haha. 
I can see how that kind of chart would be helpful for more complicated things.

Well anyway, Symbols, as TD suggested, would be one good solution.  Object menu 
 > Symbols.

Unfortunately, the Symbols dialog has been added to Inkscape after the last 
manual update, so there's nothing in the manual about it.  But I seem to recall 
a wiki article about it.  Let's see if I can find....

Yes, here we go:  http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/SymbolsDialog  That 
will give you the basics for making and using symbols on the canvas.

Without re-reading that page, I seem to recall that Inkscape give the symbols 
some generic names, or IDs.  If you would like custom names for them, you can do 
that as well.  With the symbol selected, Objects menu > Object Properties > ID 
and/or Label

And then.....it seems like I've seen a tutorial for making a custom symbols 
file, which you could install in Inkscape.  That would make it available in 
every file; whereas, if you use only the info in that wiki article, the symbols 
will only be available in the document where you create them.  I don't know if I 
can find it, let's see....

Oh wow, I found it! 
https://medium.com/@xaviju/creating-your-own-symbol-library-in-inkscape-0-91-and-make-your-front-end-developer-you-338588137aaf

Oh, actually there's one bit of incorrect info in it.  The author tells you to 
save the file in the program directory (inkscape/share).  But it really should 
be saved in your user directory, which can be found in Inkscape Preferences > 
System > User Config.  At the end of that path, add \icons  It should already 
exist, but if it doesn't, you can create such a folder there.

(If you put it in the program directory, the file might be lost the next time 
you install a new version of Inkscape.  In the user directory, it will always be 
available, no matter how many times you upgrade Inkscape.)

Getting back to the main subject, there is another, older solution for this, 
which is covered in an excellent, 3-part tutorial.  It was written waaayy before 
the Symbols dialog existed.  But just in case you might prefer this technique 
instead, for some reason, here's the first tutorial of that series.

http://verysimpledesigns.com/vectors/inkscape-tutorial-fancy-borders.html

I don't know if you could utilize a custom template for this kind of work.  But 
just in case, here's a tutorial for making a custom template:

http://libregraphicsworld.org/blog/entry/using-templates-in-inkscape

More than you ever wanted to know, right?  :-D

But let us know if you get stuck or need other resources.  Also, the website has 
a lot helpful info:  inkscape.org

All best,
brynn



-----Original Message----- 
From: Bernie Cosell
Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2018 6:59 AM
To: Inkscape User Community
Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] custom objects?


On 29 Jul 2018 at 6:17, brynn wrote:


>         Could you elaborate a little bit more about what you're doing.
> Could
> you give us a link to an example or something?


I want to do something akin to what I've done in apps like Illustrator and 
Visio.  For those, one big convenience is being able to define "custom" objects 
[e.g., if you're doing a floor plan, you have things like outlines of tables, 
chairs,  etc]    What I would like to do [don't laugh..:o)] is make crochet 
charts.  They look like this:


  <http://rukodelie.by/02/v600141_1.gif>


They're pretty awful to do by hand, and there are tools that do it but very 
badly.  Inkscape can easily do the kinds of things you need for that sort of 
thing.


What I'd like to do is "predefine" all of the different stitch graphics, and the 
be able to drag-and-drop them easily into the graphic.  I know how to do paths 
and such and I can make the various stitches and my plan a for doing this is to 
have on inkscape drawing that has only the various stitches in it.  Then when I 
start another, I can open a second screen and copy the various glyphs over into 
the new screen as I need them.  But what would be cool would be to somehow load 
that little "library of glyphs" in Inkscape so I could do everything in just one 
window and in one drawing directly.


If not, that's OK: the two-pane solution works.   I was just wondering if there 
might be a trick to be able to drag-and-drop the new glyphs.


/Bernie\


                 Bernie Cosell
         bernie-+xAfj8kFFbDnC/[email protected]
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