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==What you can do:Tools within Inkscape==

===Lines=== *There are '''three''' different ways to draw lines *Draw free hand *The '''freehand tool''' to draw them with a mouse or trackpad**The '''bezier curve''' tool to draw straight lines, then curve them as necessary**The '''calligraphy pen''' imitates a brush [[File:Bezier curve tool icon.png|alt=Bezier curve tool icon|thumb|Bezier curve tool icon]][[File:Freehand tool icon.png|alt=freehand tool icon|thumb|freehand tool icon]] ===Shapes=== *There are '''five''' ways to create distinct shapes, rectangles, and squares/patterns **The '''square/rectangle tool'''**The '''3-D boxes tool'''**The '''circular tool'''**The '''polygon/stars''' '''tool'''**The '''spiral tool''' [[File:Shape tool .png|alt=shape tools |thumb|Shape tools icons]] ===Miscellaneous tools=== *Here are some other useful tools **The '''selection tool'''**The '''node editing tool'''**The '''sculpting tool'''**The '''magnification tool'''**The '''measurement tool'''**The '''text tool'''[[File:Text tool.png|alt=Text tool |thumb|Text tool ]][[File:Miscellaneous tools .png|alt=Miscellaneous tools|thumb|Miscellaneous tools]] *Fill Double clicking bottom fill tab or in the stroke, change the color of an object on the right hand side or at the bottomtab*You can do full color or gradients*Additionally, stroke paint can make the stroke style bigger and change the color. ***For ex. example: make the stroke red to cut out shapes on laser cutter*Plane *Plain line is ideal for laser (stroke needs to be 0.025 mm in width)**For laser cutter engravements the color would need needs to be blackfill**Outlining a letter would need to be in bluestroke (0.025 mm)**eraser erases the paths for lines, works with the free hand closed lines**Bring in pictures into inkskapeInkskape, drag it in from google (go ***Tip: Go for outlines of images to make things easier)or something black in white***Colored pictures are do-able, just not always clear**Import image, right click, path, trace bitmap''Trace Bitmap'', embedded image, check live preview (makes it black and white), change threshhold threshold to ensure outline is clear and visible***Types of Thresholds to change: ''Brightness cutoff'' & ''Edge detection''**Save images as .svg for laser cutter**Add layers, change the name of layers, delete layers, hide layers***In the right-hand side tab***Change layer by right clicking, ''move to layer''**Layer names displayed at the bottom**Generally, don't need to draw in page, you can draw anywhere **Put two opjects objects together with union at top right***Top bar, Path, Union**Snapping is similar to grouping, you can put a star in the corner of where the rectangle meets it automatically goes to the corner***Enable snapping on the right hand side and it only snaps to boxes <br /> **