Hi, When I've tried to import .dxf files, not much happens. I've tried several .dxf versions, however, they are all produced by Draftsight. A small thing that looks like an object generally appears on the lower left corner, but nothing really is there when I try to stretch it. Seems like others have...

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Thanks so much for the reply! This should work nicely. Is there a way to do that with the inset/outset command? Wouldn't that be more or less the same thing? For that matter, is there a way to draw lines etc with a numerical input? For example, say I wanted to draw a line from point 100,100 to 500,5...

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Hopefully this is something easy to do, but I can't find the function. In Inkscape, is there a way to do commands (stretch and offset especially) where you input a numerical value instead of dragging things with the mouse?

-Jeremy

Hi, thanks for the reply! What I ended up doing is using a "break path" command to separate both sets of lines. I then removed one of the two paths. This actually works pretty well for me as I'm trying to generate g-code with it to physically engrave something. The offset (once I learn to ...

Hi, I've been using the trace bitmap tool to, well, trace bitmaps. It works fine, but instead of the six nodes seen here, I'd like it to produce 3 nodes centered on each of the pairs. What is the best way to do this? http://dl.dropbox.com/u/27629958/inkscape_trace_bitmap.JPG Thanks!