I usually save pdf-file from illustrator.
Get better results than saving as svg.
And drag pdf-file straight into inkscape.

Give it a try.

Grobe:
thanks for this precious shortcut

Shift+PgUp or Shift+PgDown

oooh: what a precious feature in 0.48; I haven´t noticed it yet.

niabot: thanks for asking...
suv: thanks for explaining...

user profile: I´ve been professionally using inkscape for a couple of years now. And it has become my favourite vector tool. I´m using inkscape for the following workflows: Mainly for technical illustration (see Workflow A). For creating icons and images for touchscreen panel (see Workflow B). For ...

Hello, since Inkscape uses HSL-color space in the fill and stroke dialog the saturation slider behaves very different compared to GIMP, PS or Illustrator, which use HSB-colorspace. I wish inkscapes saturation slider would also be based on the HSB-colorspace. Am I the only one who find this confusing?

1. pen tool: draw straight lines (each line has two nodes) 2. Select all lines and combine them to a single path (ctrl + k) 3. Select the path with :tool_node: 4. select all end nodes and allign them to a single node via "shift-ctrl-a"-dialog 5. now with :tool_node: you can hoover over tho...

I´ve observed the same kind of bug:
It seems to happen with uge single paths consisting of hundreds or thousands of single nodes.

yes it is possible: the stroke width changes internally once you scaled or transformed a path or object. In order to get the absolute value to search for: 1. select the type of path that you are looking for 2. open XML Editor (Shift+ctrl+L) 3. in attribut style you find the entry "stroke-width:...

llogg: I like your solution, helped me to understand more about "pattern along path" For the racetrack there is another solution to it: 1. convert ellips to path (shift+ctlr+C) 2. Duplicate ellipse 3. do "path"-->"dynamic offset" The offset can be afterwards defined via...

have you read this thread:

http://www.inkscapeforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=4055

I'm wondering what I can do to make sure my SVG file sizes are as small as possible.

When you have a drawing with hundreds or thousands of single objects (path) combine them to a single path (provides they share the same style, of course). This reduces the file size a lot.

great tutorial

thanks a lot for sharing it here!

with 0.47 I also had problems with my wacom tablet.

check http://www.inkscapeforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=4055

I opened a complex dxf-drawing (saved as pdf from SolidWorks). File A) combined 1700 objects with "Ctrl + K": Inkscpae 0.46-->1sec; Inkcape 0.47-->80sec File B) combined 3000 objects with "Ctrl + K": Inkscpae 0.46-->2sec; Inkcape 0.47-->freezes This really looks like a major bug....

druban: you are my hero! This morning I started to work with a another complex model plus my tablet. It startet off fine. However over the time the movements with my tablet pen on canvas got slower and slower. Even after restarting. Only then I changed the mouse settings as suggested in the preferen...

I have been using inkcape 0.46 professionally for technical illustration for quite a while now. Most of our linedrawings are based on 3D-Cad data. The model is saved from SolidWorks as a as a dxf-drawing (Well I save it as a pdf). Importing these complex models in Inkscape results in up to 50.000 si...

Thanks Klomp123; I had almost given up to get my tablet working.
Setting screen mode to "screen" did not work at first. I had to toggle the device settings back and forth to finally get it activated.
It seems buggy.

Hello, I installed the following version: Inkscape 0.47 r22583, built Nov 21 2009 I did not uninstall 0.46 inkscape (maybe its not possible to have both 0.46 plus 0.47 installed?) Problems: 1. Wacom Tablet does not work Even so I changed the settings in "file"-> "input devices" 2...

Hi Brynn,
you are right: on Windows, Java 5.0 or later must be installed to get this 3D color inspector running.
Sorry I didn´t know that.
It just worked on my computer, so I didn´t give a thought about it what the jar-file extension actually means.

Hi Brynn, I´ve uploaded the "ColorInspector3D" file to MediaFire for you, just to make sure you get the correct file. It works fine on windows. I use it at home and also at work. The other day we tested it on my friend´s Mac. No problem at all. Just double-click on the this jar file. http:...

Hi Brynn, I havent´t got time to play around with tiles and colors right now. But I´m sure this precious little app "Color inspector 3D" will help you to find the answer yourself. It´s a 3D visualization of colorspaces such as RGB, HSL, LAB etc. You can open a image of your choice and it´s...

bbyak: Wow! That works really fine. And it works smoothly with my tablet.

well I do have a german keboard. And ALT + [ doesn´t work either.

However the way I usually get arround this is:
I change my language keyboard setting on "en" (Windows).
Then I use the "ü"-key and "*"-key instead on my german keyboard, and it works fine.

1. create a rectangel (as big as the wanted table)
2. select rectangle
3. Effect --> render --> grid (here you can play with column size etc.)

I´ve been sucessfully using inkscape for technical illustration for arround a year know. However today I thougt for a while I might have to switch back to illustrator because opening uge 3D-exports (more than 50.000 nodes) made inscape crash at first. However, I finally found a way to get going agai...