After my last question, it was suggested that 'everything is in the manual'. So I decided to check it out, and found a series of structured exercises that take you through the programme. As I learn by doing, and not just reading (because the two don't always correspond and there is a lot of stuff that stops it from working without other settings being pre-loaded (not) and so for a beginner there are great hurdles to create seemingly simple things....until you actually come to do it.
And this is one of those times. I successfully by hook and crook somehow completed something that looked exactly like the one in the exercise, ie the swedish flag, yesterday, and so YAY dived into the next exercise: that of the european flag. So far I have gotten up to here:
https://snag.gy/CaNBgR.jpg
this is me getting to the points described around here in the tutorial at: http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL ... pleEU.html as indicated by the tick in the next graphic which shows with the question mark where I am stuck.https://snag.gy/SVRI6A.jpg
I have no idea where and how to interpret this algebra from another life I no longer can fathom. Please can someone show me the way....where to enter what, precisely, most preferentially each and every entry as my mind is out of the loop.many thanks
Help! Im stuck. Need handholding.
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Re: Help! Im stuck. Need handholding.
I reckon those values refer to entries in the tiled-clones panel.
While those exercises in the manual are useful, I think the tutorials in the help section of the Inkscape program might be better for absolute beginners.
While those exercises in the manual are useful, I think the tutorials in the help section of the Inkscape program might be better for absolute beginners.
Have a nice day.
I'm using Inkscape 0.92.2 (5c3e80d, 2017-08-06), 64 bit win8.1
The Inkscape manual has lots of helpful info! http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/
I'm using Inkscape 0.92.2 (5c3e80d, 2017-08-06), 64 bit win8.1
The Inkscape manual has lots of helpful info! http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/
Re: Help! Im stuck. Need handholding.
thank you!
Re: Help! Im stuck. Need handholding.
Yes, like you, I quickly got lost in the Quick Start section of the manual. But I found the tutorials in the Help menu very helpful, as a beginner. However, those tutorials don't result in a finished drawing. It's just practice and learning.
You might have a look at the Beginner Skills block on this page: https://forum.inkscapecommunity.com/index.php. Most of those will end up with a finished drawing.
You might have a look at the Beginner Skills block on this page: https://forum.inkscapecommunity.com/index.php. Most of those will end up with a finished drawing.
Basics - Help menu > Tutorials
Manual - Inkscape: Guide to a Vector Drawing Program
Inkscape Community - Inkscape FAQ - Gallery
Inkscape for Cutting Design
Manual - Inkscape: Guide to a Vector Drawing Program
Inkscape Community - Inkscape FAQ - Gallery
Inkscape for Cutting Design