Inkscape

Not a bug but a request

Asked by Candy Quiles

I want to convert a bitmap picture into a rhinestone dot pattern. I tried all ways but can't figure it out.
I have spent hours of many days and can't figure out how to have the dots line up evenly spaced along the outline. I know this can be done, there is a video on Yourtube but I am missing something. Every time I go to Generate from path., pattern along path it keeps giving me an error "This extension requires two selected paths." What does this mean?
I have the imiage trace Bitmap. Now what do I do to make dots along the bitmap?
Respectfully,
Candy Quiles
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This question was originally filed as bug #583616.

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su_v (suv-lp) said : 		#1

Moving this report from the bug tracker to the 'Answers' section because it is a not a request for a new feature but for user support.

@Candy - could you please provide the link(s) to the tutorial(s) you are trying to follow?

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pbhj (pbhj) said : 		#2

Wouldn't it be easier to simply change the path's stroke to be dots rather than trying to apply a pattern. I'm assuming you're trying to mark where the rhinestones should be fixed - Ctrl+Shift+F will give the stroke dialog, choose Stroke Style tab and then under dashes make a selection to put the rhinestones at your chosen spacing. Adjusting the offset will allow you to tweak the placement to get the dots nearer to points/corners in your pattern (etc.).

If you want finer control over the dot size and spacing you can use the XML editor (Ctrl+Shift+X) to set the style attributes, particularly you'll want to set the stroke width and the stroke-dasharray attributes (first number is the dash length, set the same as stroke width for a square point, the second number is the dash spacing).

Hope that helps.

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