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When you use the TRACE BITMAP tool, if you choose multiple paths, all the paths are in one group. But i thought that it could be usefull put each path in a sublayer, so in that way they can be hidden, erased or modified in a more convenient way.
So, i made this extension, based in the extension "grouptolayer",( written by Rob Antonishen ),and using the inkex.py and lxml.py (etree) modules dfor python 2.6.
As you must now, in windows you must copy both files in the extensions carpet that is in \inkscape\share\extensions
paths2layers.inx
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<inkscape-extension xmlns="http://www.inkscape.org/namespace/inkscape/extension">
<_name>Selected Paths to Layers</_name>
<id>org.inkscape.filter.paths2layers</id>
<dependency type="executable" location="extensions">paths2layers.py</dependency>
<dependency type="executable" location="extensions">inkex.py</dependency>
<effect>
<object-type>path</object-type>
<effects-menu>
<submenu _name="Convert Paths to Layers"/>
</effects-menu>
</effect>
<script>
<command reldir="extensions" interpreter="python">paths2layers.py</command>
</script>
</inkscape-extension>
paths2layers.py
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#!/usr/bin/env python
"""
MODIFIED BY: H. Lazo 2012
Copyright (C) 2007-2012 Rob Antonishen; rob.antonishen@gmail.com
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
THE SOFTWARE.
"""
import inkex, os, csv, math
"""
PATHS2GROUPS : To use when you vectorize a raster image with the multiple pass option. You get a group
with multiple paths with different fill attributes. Then you can convert the groups to layers with the extension
group2layer
"""
class paths2groups(inkex.Effect):
def __init__(self):
inkex.Effect.__init__(self)
def effect(self):
# THE SELECTED GROUP
# sltd=self.selected
for elem in self.selected.itervalues():
# Only to check that there is only 1 group
inkex.errormsg(str(self.selected))
father=self.getParentNode(elem)
children=elem.getchildren()
if children != None:
for node in children:
if node.tag == inkex.addNS('path','svg'):
#print(node.get("id"))
#group =inkex.etree.SubElement(root, inkex.addNS('g','svg'))
group =inkex.etree.SubElement(elem, inkex.addNS('g','svg') )
group.set("id", "lyr_"+node.get("id")[4:])
group.append(node)
if group.tag == inkex.addNS('g','svg'):
group.set(inkex.addNS("label","inkscape"), group.get(inkex.addNS("id")))
group.set(inkex.addNS("groupmode","inkscape"), "layer")
father.append(group)
father.remove(elem)
if __name__ == '__main__':
e = paths2groups()
e.affect()
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