Align some object/text boxes with respect to a track

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fca1970
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Align some object/text boxes with respect to a track

Postby fca1970 » Fri Nov 26, 2010 7:45 pm

What I want to do is align the objects with respect a tract, i.e., the track is used to place the borders of the other object. It is not "following a path".
I have hand made a example to show what I want: http://www.um.es/analesdebiologia/images/dibujo.svg

Maybe there is not any automatic way to do it in inkscape.

Thank you

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brynn
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Re: Align some object/text boxes with respect to a track

Postby brynn » Fri Nov 26, 2010 10:14 pm

Welcome to InkscapeForum!

Hhm, it seems that I cannot access your image. But there are probably several ways to do what you want. The first one that comes to mind is to use Snapping. You could just snap the objects to the path. Please see my signature for instructional info :D

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Re: Align some object/text boxes with respect to a track

Postby ~suv » Sat Nov 27, 2010 2:28 am

You could try the extension Place Objects on Path:
Places objects on a curve. The curve is the object that has the lowest z-order (and which must be a path). Distances between objects remain the same as they were before placing. If objects can't be placed on the curve because of their distances they are left in place. Objects will not be modified; clones are allowed. Arrange distances between your objects manually first as curve position and direction.

See for example this earlier forum topic: Align Text to Curve? (places text objects along a path).

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Re: Align some object/text boxes with respect to a track

Postby RobA » Tue Nov 30, 2010 4:36 am

Consider using the scatter extension http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL ... ns-Scatter

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