In this section of the tutorial we will make nodes corner, smooth, or symmetric, and make selected segments into lines or curves. Begin by drawing the schematic you see here. Review the earlier sections of the tutorial if you're unsure how (scroll down for the earliest ones). Choose the Nodes tool from the toolbar on the left-hand side of your Inkscape window (2nd one down) and click on the collar. Across the top of your Inkscape window you should see several icons. There should be faint gray vertical lines between the 2nd and 3rd, the 4th and 5th, and the 6th and 7th icons. We will be using the 7th - 10th and 11th & 12th icons in this section of the tutorial. Select the node at the lower left corner of the collar and press Shift +C or click the 7th icon. It should say "Make selected nodes corner" when your mouse hovers over it. This will split the node into two nodes which angle (rather than arch) away from each other when dragged. Drag one of the nodes down one square and to the center of the collar. Now click on the 8th icon (or press Shift+S). You should see two handles coming out of the node. Drag one out to the edge of the neckline. We have just "smoothed" the node. Let's make it symmetric by clicking the 9th icon. Isn't that neat? Drag the node a little farther down and see what happens. Now click the 10th icon or press Shift+Y. This activates the Auto-Smooth function, which changes the curve a little but mostly makes a difference when moving adjacent nodes. Try changing from Auto-Smooth and back, moving the adjacent nodes each time, to see the difference. Now let's make those smooth curves at the bottom of our collar back into straight lines. Select two adjacent nodes at the bottom of the neck, and press Shift+L or the 11th icon. Now press Shift+U (or the 12th icon) to change it to a curve. Move the handles until you're satisfied. Notice this doesn't change it back to the same curve. You'd want Edit--Undo (Ctrl+Z) for that. These are really useful tools--I hope you enjoyed learning about them.
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HM84
2/20/2013 06:48:39 pm
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge in this tutorial, Ruth! I just drew my first-ever schematics using Inkskape and your tutorials :)
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