hi

Yes i use the mesh, not conic. Actually out of ideas i went and deleted my preferences.xml file and now the mesh works as it is suppose to so i don't know what i had done to change it but its all good now.

Thanks again for taking the time to answer a newbie question.

Hi Thanks for the reply but i'm not understanding. i created the rectangle and just chose the mesh gradient. Alt M doesn't seem to do anything on my mac. this seems so simple to do but yet it doesn't work. i've shown in the video below. thank you for your help https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SPD3ld...

I was going to tinker with the meshed gradient tool. So made a simple rectangle and clicked on mesh gradient and it became an oval. Shouldn't this retain its original shape or do i have to configure some setting? you can see it here https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WYlTp27xhWKOQ9Su9Jc6MAnD0QiNPDC2/v...

Hi

Seems basic but i can't find this option. Where do i control the default line width of the freeform pen or bezier. I know about the stroke width for objects but when I draw a line the default is very thin and faint.

thanks.

Hi Thanks for the info. I did discover why my Pencil tool pattern to path was not working. It was the setting in XQuartz (X11) preferences. I have reset them according to this >>> https://inkscape.org/en/download/mac-os/ Now it works. I am still interested in your suggestions and will try them too. ...

Hi I've been trying to re-create the angel wing according to this youtube but I'm stuck. So once the wing is created then the tutorial shows selecting it, copy to clipboard. Then selecting the freehand line, mode: create spiro path, smooth 42 and shape is "from clipboard". Supposedly at th...

ok, so seems combine or path> union of the 2 lines is better then group.

thanks.

ok. so here is the link

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BnLeC0 ... sp=sharing

thanks

Thanks for your replies. Much appreciated.

However it seems there is still an issue with using group and stroke width. I made a 30 sec mp4 but cant upload to show.

Continued to test. I really think this is a bug. if i start with a straight line and add a second and use the stroke width feature it works on both lines. But if i then group those lines the stroke width goes to 0.000 or 0.100 and will not increase nor will the lines change. I am running on a mac OS...

added svg. the group is the upper straight line with a 60 angle short line to the left. all other components of the image are clones. the idea is to change the group stroke width and cap and the clones will get the same characteristics. but i cannot get the group lines to use the stroke width. as a ...

here it is. the upper line and left short 60 degree line are the group. the rest are clones of the group. so the plan is to change the stroke of the group with the rest being similarly modified. but i can't change the stroke width or cap. however the solidary line that is not part of the others does...

Hi I'm new to inkscape, just learning by following youtube tutorials and looking for help on this. I've created a simple object (two lines) but when I select the group and try to change the width value in the stroke tab the width of the lines do not change. However if I created just a line (no group...