Hi,
I want to move specific forms (boxes, circles, etc.) to a specific coordinate (let's take the example of the coordinates 0,0).
I want that when changing the coordinates of the form, that the new coordinate 0,0 is taken at the center and not at the lower left edge of the box...
Any clue how to do that?
I hope my question was clear enough.

Thx in advance
Jack

I'm not sure I understand your question.

Are you looking for a setting of some kind, that makes (0,0) the center of your image/object? I don't think there is.

Or are you asking how to achieve making (0,0) the center? You would take the dimensions of the object, divide each width and height by 2, then move the object to the place where the bottom left corner of the bounding box lies at....negative....let's see....

(Width/2) x -1, and
(Height/2) x -1

Or else, if this doesn't answer your question, could you clarify your quesiton?

upgrade! ;-)

from the Release notes for 0.47:

There is a new toolbar to control the snapping options and modes. Use View > Show/Hide > Snap controls bar to show or hide this toolbar.

Using snapping modes 'Snapping to and from centers of bounding boxes' and 'Snap from and to centers of objects' does what you need (movement relative to the center of an object) - AFAIK the center being calculated based on the bounding box, which might not always be what you want (e.g. with grouped objects?). There's also a mode 'Snap from and to an item's rotation center'.

hth, ~suv

There is a new toolbar to control the snapping options and modes. Use View > Show/Hide > Snap controls bar to show or hide this toolbar

Awesome!

Thx guys for your answer,
niiice, I had only a dev version of 0.46. Switching to 0.47 will fix my problem then.
Very useful upgrade imo.
Thanks again

Hi again,
hmm actually that's not what I was looking for.
Here an example:



As you can see I can snap the center of the circle to the 0,0 coordinates I want. but I don't want to drag it, I want to enter the coordinates of the circle, so that his center will be (0,0) and NOT (-7,6;-7,6) as shown in the picture. It takes the bottom left corner of the box, but I need the center of this circle (or box).
I could just use (Width/2) x -1, and (Height/2) x -1 but I don't want, it's too complicated if I have several object I want to move to specific coordinates.

hmm troubles with picture links. Sorry for the inconveniences.

inkscape_rot.jpg - 0.03MB

JackMayol wrote:I had only a dev version of 0.46. Switching to 0.47 will fix my problem then.

sorry, no - the recent devel builds include the 0.47 features.

JackMayol wrote:I want to enter the coordinates of the circle, so that his center will be (0,0)

AFAIK you can do it by dragging and using snapping modes, but not yet by entering the coordinates of the translated center in the Tool Controls bar.

Did you experiment with the 'Objects > Transform…' dialog? I think I read recently that those transforms can be applied to the rotation center somehow, but I'd have to search for more details and I'm pretty sure that I'm mixing up 'move' and 'rotate' commands here. Maybe 'Matrix' transformations can do the job, but that's far beyond my math skills.

Hi all,

I have the same problem. I need to draw some forms with accuracy, but I don't know how to do it. I started to use this program recently. I am reading the manual as far as possible... thus, if I discovery some functionality or method about this I will post here.
Another thing, it would be very nice if Inkscape has a command line like the AutoCad or the Qcad. This incrise the productivity. Inkscape is good program (and free) and I would not like to install another program only because of some limited tools. I'm enjoying working with Inkscape and I believe that in future such tools will be available.
Is there a site where we can to post sugestions for new Inkscape version?

My regards, Alexandre.

You can always use grid to position objects precisely where you want them, and you can enter a number in the boxes for width and height in the Selector tool toolbar.

Inkscape does have command line, you can read about it in the guide or search google, I'm sure something will come up

Wishlists are reported in the bug tracker https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/ although you can post them here on the forum first if you need to discuss them.

alexandre wrote:it would be very nice if Inkscape has a command line like the AutoCad

prkos wrote:Inkscape does have command line

yes, but not interactively as in AutoCAD, where you could (AFAIR) type all commands (instead of using the slower GUI interface with mouse and keyboard input mixed) and AutoLisp functions (defined on-the-fly or loaded from file) to create and edit all elements in the drawing. For me this was among the most powerful features of AutoCAD (back when Autodesk still maintained a unix version of acad ;-)

alexandre wrote:it would be very nice if Inkscape has a command line like the AutoCad or the Qcad. […] Is there a site where we can to post sugestions for new Inkscape version?

There is a blueprint for a new feature to allow users to enter commands to Inkscape in a text-based format:
Blueprint: “Allow Inkscape to draw using a string as input”
Inkscape Wiki: Specification for command line drawing

Ok ~suv! I have been using the Inkscape for engineering purpose, thus it was good to read this blueprint. I will be waiting for it. Thank you for your contribute.