Maybe you can put in a request for there to be a preferences item, "Polar coordinates in transform dialog" or "Polar coordinates checkbox in transform dialog." IIRC (no, I haven't searched yet) support for (relative) polar transformations/coordinates has already been requested a...

Ah, thank you very much, Maestral... I've now changed my preferences to always show the path direction under the "nodes"-section...

I'm very grateful for all the help I got in this thread - I think I learned quite a lot already from many people...

Thanks!

Note: whether or not the pattern source is proportionally stretched along the path doesn't make a difference in my tests. Must be because you (maybe "by accident") have the correct circle diameter - if the diameter is changed (=incorrect diameter for this tooth profile), I would guess the...

Note: whether or not the pattern source is proportionally stretched along the path doesn't make a difference in my tests. Must be because you (maybe "by accident") have the correct circle diameter - if the diameter is changed (=incorrect diameter for this tooth profile), I would guess the...

Whether or not the gear (based on 'Pattern along Path' LPE) is fully filled or not, depends on how the original pattern source was drawn (a single path, or a path with several sub-paths possibly using different path directions) and on how precisely the start and end nodes of the original pattern so...

brynn wrote:Btw, we moderate only the first 2 messages of new members. So you're good to go, now

Thanks (also annoying to wait until approval of messages) !

@ druban It could also easily be me, with deplorable skills, but I see it just as a different approach. I`d start with the hand-drawn sketches, whether it includes math or not ,) but not from the screen. So if you know how much teeth you need or how does the tooth/gear has to look like - all that i...

I won't agree on degrading Inkscape into a Child's toy though Who dared to call Inkscape a child's toy? Let me at him! Grrr! Nobody did that... Only the built-in gear-tool makes gears with teeth that looks like toys... Sorry... But there's a few links to a guy who posted some where good improvement...

Now I`m confused.... You were working with Xfig but you were not satisfied with the result, so you tried to do the same thing with the Inkscape, right? Nope, sorry. For this particular thing, I didn't do anything in xfig, but generally I've used it before for other vector-things. Well, if none of t...

You're asking which gear is WRONG and which is CORRECT. What is your definition of right and wrong ?. I did not define this - you did, in your earlier comment, dismissing the option 'Repeated, stretched' by claiming that it produces wrong gears (see what I quoted when asking the question). But anyw...

You're asking which gear is WRONG and which is CORRECT. What is your definition of right and wrong ?. I did not define this - you did, in your earlier comment, dismissing the option 'Repeated, stretched' by claiming that it produces wrong gears (see what I quoted when asking the question). But anyw...

Maestral, I don't see that extension for different kinds of gears in the Extension Repository. Do you know if it's slated to appear in a future version of Inkscape? While not being Maestral, I'll try to answer nevertheless: that enhanced version was already filed in the bug tracker (...

Regarding the attachment in newsboost's last reply, which says "you would never make such sharp corners -- it' leads to CRACKS and gear failure immediately - that's why there should be a fillet radius here....Not sure if there are other problems here...". I don't think the gears created w...

Ok - please tell me which of the two gears in the attached file is WRONG, and which one is CORRECT (while keeping in mind that 'Pattern along Path' doesn't use the same parameters as the specialized Gear tools). (The geometry of the pattern source (tooth) is taken from newsboost's original SVG file...

If you use 'Repeated, stretched' for the 'Pattern copies' option, there is no need to «edit the circle (size it so the teeth have no gap)» Yes! But as I understand it, the point of gear diagrams is that the teeth of ALL the gears have to be exactly the same size. Since the repeated stretched option...

...place one tooth on the circle-path, copy pattern and paste it and then repeat - then it makes good sense what you write and I think I can reproduce it now I am not sure what you are doing but it sounds like a HUUUGE amount of work! These are the steps i used: 1. Draw a path for the geartooth. Co...

Well, you have little to lose by doing so, Inkscape crashes are very discreet and do not affect your system at all. Just save frequently.https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=09706d11303fa52a&resid=9706D11303FA52A!217&id=9706D11303FA52A%21217 Thanks - maybe in the weekend I'll try it out - I got a...

@Maestral: "Perhaps this extension would be more appropriate?" - wow, yes, thanks! Even though not perfect, I can maybe also look at the code and maybe change it a bit if I have time and/or want to try that ! Thanks! "Also, this guy has an interesting..." -- I'll look at it tomor...

Hi Vince, Thank you - it IS a bit better than simplify, thanks... Although it isn't perfect, it's quick and easy and as long as I don't zoom in more than roughly about the same zoom-level as the png-image, then everything looks quite ok in my opinion... If nothing else comes up, I think I can live w...

I tried this Gears from Extensions/Render/Gears, but it doesn't generate exactly the gear I want. To me it looked more like "kinder-gears", I don't think it's accurate enough for practical/real production use. Therefore I got the nodes from a completely separate program and at least here i...

Hi, how to simplify the attached file - not so much as in Path/Simplify menu ? test.zip If I use the Path/Simplify menu, it'll look wrong... Sorry it's a zip-file. The extracted svg file is "only" 650 kb but this forum does not allow to upload more than 250 kb. If you look in the zip-file,...

Or shouldn't it be possible to write directly to the svg-file... ?

Please help - inkscape noob.

Is it possible to make a script that uses the xml-editor to accomplish this?

Hi,

I want to draw an involute gear - I have a text file (can also be made into a CSV-file), describing the coordinates. Is it possible / how do I get all these (maybe 100 points or something) imported and connected together?

There must be a way... Please advice, thanks...