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Hello list!

I write to you out of sheer ignorance. I generated a pattern with some
paths and I'd like to use it as a sort of "texture" and apply it to
another path... Is there an automated way of doing this, or should I
group/join the paths and repeat them over the path I want to cover "ad
nauseam"? I do believe there was a function in 0.46 (or was it since
0.45?) that helped doing that (or so I believe), but I don't seem to
find said function. Thanks in advance for any tips!

On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 7:32 PM, Gian Paolo Mureddu <thetargos@gmail.com> 
wrote:
> Hello list!
>
> I write to you out of sheer ignorance. I generated a pattern with some
> paths and I'd like to use it as a sort of "texture" and apply it to
> another path... Is there an automated way of doing this, or should I
> group/join the paths and repeat them over the path I want to cover "ad
> nauseam"? I do believe there was a function in 0.46 (or was it since
> 0.45?) that helped doing that (or so I believe), but I don't seem to
> find said function. Thanks in advance for any tips!

You can use the option in the menu Objetcts->Pattern->Objects to
pattern [Alt]+i with the object you want to use as a pattern selected.
This will create a new pattern which you can choose with the pattern
button on the "Fill and stroke" dialog.

Here's a tutorial:
http://ffaat.pointclark.net/blog/archives/143-Creating-and-Adding-Custom-Patterns-to-Inkscape.html

Hope it helps.

Hystrix 
escribió:>> find said function. Thanks in advance for any tips!
> Hope it helps.
Wow! That was one fast reply! Thanks a LOT, I most certainly will look
into it!

I have a couple more questions, but they're of a different nature so
I'll expose them in a new e-mail. Thanks again! Currently reading
through that tutorial (looks most excellent)

On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 6:47 PM, Gian Paolo Mureddu <thetargos@gmail.com> 
wrote:
>>> find said function. Thanks in advance for any tips!
>> Hope it helps.
>
> Wow! That was one fast reply! Thanks a LOT, I most certainly will look
> into it!
>
> I have a couple more questions, but they're of a different nature so
> I'll expose them in a new e-mail. Thanks again! Currently reading
> through that tutorial (looks most excellent)


You can also check out heathenx's screencast on the subject at:
http://screencasters.heathenx.org/episode-063/

Cheers.

RQ