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creating pattern along path

Asked by Lynne Brotherton on 2010-09-12

Very new to this, but I am trying to create a rhinestone template using the star and putting the circles around the outside of the star. I go to the extensions and use snake and repeated and apply, but then get a message that the extensions require two selected paths. What am I doing wrong. I know this is a simple process but I am just not getting it. Sorry . Lynne

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Solved by:: su_v

Solved:: 2010-09-12

Last query:: 2010-09-12

Last reply:: 2010-09-12

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vwanweb (vwanweb) said on 2010-09-12:

Convert the Circle and Star (Shapes) to Paths, using the Top Line PATH menu.... >Path >Object to Path, then run the edit again..

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su_v (suv-lp) said on 2010-09-12:

> Convert the Circle and Star (Shapes) to Paths (…)
Not strictly required - the extension 'Pattern along Path' can handle Inkscape's shapes like rectangle, star/polygon or ellipse/circle well (unlike the similar path effect), and also groups - retested with Inkscape 0.47 and 0.48.

@Lynne - did you have both objects (the star and the circle) selected? You also have to make sure that the object to be used as pattern is above (in z-order) the path to be used as skeleton.

Related sections in he manual:
Selecting with the mouse
<http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Select.html#Select-Mouse>
Ordering Objects (Z-order)
<http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Z-Order.html>
Extension 'Pattern along Path'
<http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Extensions-GenerateFromPath.html#Extensions-PatternAlongPath>