Click once in the tiny box, to continue the line (assuming you want another straight segment).ġ - Click, hold the mouse button down, and drag the mouse. That indicates that you're in the proper position to continue the line. Then place the mouse pointer in the tiny box. But if you ever need to extend that line, select it and engage the Pencil tool to reveal those tiny boxes. If you switch to most other tools, the tiny boxes will disappear (because you don't need the tiny boxes anymore). That's because the line is still selected and the Pencil tool is still engaged. Notice how the red line turns to black, and the black line has a tiny box at each end.
Notice how there's now a red line that is fixed on the canvas on the spot where you clicked, on one end, and the other end follows the mouse pointer.Ģ - Place the mouse pointer where you want the line to end.ģ - Click once. ths-Pencilġ - Click once to start the line. PENCIL also called Freehand tool - manual info. But only 3 or 4 tools can draw what could be called a line. And all the shapes can be converted to paths, using Path menu > Object to Path (shapes - Rectangle Circle Star Spiral ). Several tools can make paths (Tweak 3D Box Pencil Pen Calligraphy Spray Paint Bucket and Connector even the Eraser, in a way ). In Inkscape, a line is usually referred to as a path. (You may decide to read the manual after all ) All the steps in this tutorial could be done in less than 2 minutes, by an Inkscape user with below average skills, if they didn't have to read the info in between the steps. This is a case where it takes much longer to write about, as well as to read, than it takes to actually do the work.
If you have any questions, or find a mistake, please feel free to reply.Īlso note that this is a long read, especially for a tutorial. Note that I'm using version 0.48.1 as I write this. So here is all the most basic info I can think of, that a new Inkscape user might need, to start drawing simple lines with Inkscape. It seems that some new users have been frustrated because they can't find instructions for drawing a line.
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