I can't fill the tracks. They are open paths, I think, so the fill doesn't work. track pattern along path w lanes D.svg I've tried creating the repeating block from aligned horizontal lines and then having each line stroke and color changed to appear as the white lane line markers and the rubber col...

Wow, brynn, you're just too quick for me. I think I've got it working now. The trick seems to be using just the single strokes without any boxes or borders as the main repeating track block. Here's something like where I'm trying to go. I am VERY close, as you can see. track pattern along path w lan...

The lines between the runout lanes don't overlap with the white coloring I want. I can fill the oval part with white, but I can't seem to fill the straight section of the lanes with the white coloring so the lines between the lanes remain transparent and won't overlap. see below: track pattern along...

Thank you both, generatemutate and brynn. I am making progress! I have successfully created an oval track. I used the parallel lines/strokes to create the "block" and then used Path Effect Editor --> Pattern along path to create the lanes on the track. see below: track pattern along path w...

I appreciate your help, brynn. I'm still having the same issue even with what I think is a clean set of lines without extra nodes.

I'm attaching my SVG.

-mark

Thanks, brynn. I think I'm getting closer. I tried to reproduce the steps you described and I get the tracks to repeat around the path using LPE. However, I get a strange narrow or twisted at the top left. See below. My track path is a simple oval (created rectangle, curved the corners, then object ...

Thank you for your help. Unfortunately, I'm still missing something. I wonder if there's a problem with my track "path" to be used for the "Pattern Along Path." I still get repeated distorted copies. Here I've used a simple square with black border and white fill along a simple o...

I'm attempting to create a running track along the lines of the tutorial found here: http://vector.tutsplus.com/tutorials/tools-tips/quick-tip-create-a-vector-running-track-in-record-time/ I'm having trouble using Inkscape's Repeating Pattern Path Effect to do what the tutorial accomplishes using an...