I'm trying to do the following - but with the stripes following the circumference of the ring. i.e. like taped stripes.

I thought this would do it - but I either get no results or'weird' results: viewtopic.php" onclick="readonly();return false;"https://www.dropbox.com/s/dnfzxay272gze0c/RaindowHoop.png" class="postimage" alt="Image" />

Thanks!

Dan

Hi.



Set the deformation type to snake in the extension's panel maybe?

http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Extensions-GenerateFromPath.html#Extensions-PatternAlongPath

Good luck!

Still not happening. I started over with a simpler example:

1. Create a circle, then Object-To-Path
2. Create 3 rectangles, set fill colors, select all, Objects-To-Pattern
3. Extensions-Generate From Path-Pattern Along Path

Is that the correct sequence?

I tried various combinations on the Pattern/Path dialog but just get this sort of thing (not that that's not cool! - just not what I want here)

Not exactly.
The object to path turns the object to be an attribute you can give to any paths and strokes by the fill and stroke panel (Ctrl+Shift+F).
These patterns are simply tiled repeatedly next to eachother, thus it can be used to reproduce your first image without any gaps. By giving a pattern to a circle with a thicker outline.
Fill patterns in no way can be bent, to my knowledge the only svg options are limited to rotation and scaling.

So create the pattern objects,
group them together (Ctrl+G),
and run the pattern along path extension.

That will do it hopefully.