Polar grid
Polar grid
I have made a polar grid and I want to fill in some of the circular and angular sections of the grid with different colors. I'm trying to make a basket weave design within the polar grid with different colors using the paint brush tool I think. I'm not sure how to select one of the grids so that the paint brush tool will fill only that grid. Help would be much appreciated. Thanks!
Re: Polar grid
As the polar grid extension produces a group consisting of circles and straight lines, and filling the boxes in between them with the bucket tool is not very exact, I would suggest the following procedure:
- select the 'grid' you rendered with the Polar Grid extension
- Ctrl+U to ungroup
- Ctrl+K to combine (remove fill to see that all lines are still there - you may also need to set a stroke width to see the strokes)
- Duplicate the result with Ctrl+D
- add a fill color to the duplicate
- union the duplicate with Ctrl++
- put the duplicate below with PgDn key
- now select both objects (duplicate and the combined grid), do Path > Division to cut the lower object into lots of pieces.
- select the pieces, color them as you like using the palette or the Fill + Stroke dialog.
- select the 'grid' you rendered with the Polar Grid extension
- Ctrl+U to ungroup
- Ctrl+K to combine (remove fill to see that all lines are still there - you may also need to set a stroke width to see the strokes)
- Duplicate the result with Ctrl+D
- add a fill color to the duplicate
- union the duplicate with Ctrl++
- put the duplicate below with PgDn key
- now select both objects (duplicate and the combined grid), do Path > Division to cut the lower object into lots of pieces.
- select the pieces, color them as you like using the palette or the Fill + Stroke dialog.
Something doesn't work? - Keeping an eye on the status bar can save you a lot of time!
Inkscape FAQ - Learning Resources - Website with tutorials (German and English)
Inkscape FAQ - Learning Resources - Website with tutorials (German and English)
Re: Polar grid
Thank you Moini for your help. I tried the procedure you suggested and the end result was a colored round circle in the shape of my original polar grid with no grid lines. Not sure what I'm doing wrong.
Re: Polar grid
If you want grid lines, you might need to add a stroke (see step 3).
If you want the grid lines to be non-uniform, i.e. different widths, keep a copy of the render result on top.
Try again slowly
It should be working.
If you want the grid lines to be non-uniform, i.e. different widths, keep a copy of the render result on top.
Try again slowly

Something doesn't work? - Keeping an eye on the status bar can save you a lot of time!
Inkscape FAQ - Learning Resources - Website with tutorials (German and English)
Inkscape FAQ - Learning Resources - Website with tutorials (German and English)