Help with outlines and filling

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Skangster76
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Help with outlines and filling

Postby Skangster76 » Wed Aug 24, 2016 5:44 am

Hello. I try to explain best to my ability so try to be patient. I just started learning inkscape when i got a laser engraver. I have been using the "Path->Trace bitmap" for outlines, but i can't figure out for the life of me how to get "some color" inside the lines. If that makes any sense.Now when i export my stuff i always get just the outlines but nothing more. As an example look at this vaultboy picture, say i want to get some "color" on the part where the shirt is, what do i do? Thanx and sorry...

Ps. yes i used the search feature on here but didn't find any help. I have also watched numerous youtube videos to no avail... :(
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Skangster76
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Re: Help with outlines and filling

Postby Skangster76 » Wed Aug 24, 2016 5:37 pm

Anyone?
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druban
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Re: Help with outlines and filling

Postby druban » Wed Aug 24, 2016 5:48 pm

:tool_paintbucket: Without having an actual file to look at, my best advice is to use the :tool_paintbucket: and click in the area you want to paint. This does create another object each time you click though. The better way would be to use the outlines you have to make new objects which you can fill properly with a single style, but that may be a lot of fine, detailed and advanced work for you.
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Skangster76
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Re: Help with outlines and filling

Postby Skangster76 » Wed Aug 24, 2016 7:16 pm

Thanx for the reply. I tryed with the paint bucket, yes it colors the area but when i make it to an nc-file the laser engraver program sees just the outlines,it ignores the fild in fields. I think i would need a way to make at least a grid in the colored areas to get a shadow or filled in look when egraving.
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druban
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Re: Help with outlines and filling

Postby druban » Thu Aug 25, 2016 8:22 pm

Try the hatches path effect although it takes a lot of fiddling to get it right
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Re: Help with outlines and filling

Postby Skangster76 » Fri Aug 26, 2016 3:54 am

Where do i find that? And as plan-b, do you have any other ideas. I've been trying to get this to work for 3 days now :)
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Re: Help with outlines and filling

Postby Lazur » Fri Aug 26, 2016 4:53 am

Hi.

It's in the path/live path effects and then add hatches (rough).

Haven't tested but gcodetools have some potention too.
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Skangster76
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Re: Help with outlines and filling

Postby Skangster76 » Sat Aug 27, 2016 12:33 am

I don't see that...
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Re: Help with outlines and filling

Postby Lazur » Sat Aug 27, 2016 12:52 am

Path effects, my bad... Shift+Ctrl+7.
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Re: Help with outlines and filling

Postby Skangster76 » Sat Aug 27, 2016 3:59 am

It tells me to at least s
choose two points or something... Goddamnit...
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