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=== Lines === *Draw free hand There are '''three''' different ways to draw lines, shapes, rectangles, and squares**shapes on left panel (3 icons)The '''freehand too'''l 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]]Fill in the stroke, change the color of an object ***Right hand side tabs or at the bottom of screen**[[File:Freehand tool icon.png|alt=freehand tool icon|thumb|freehand tool icon]]You can do full color or gradients***Double clicking bottom fill tab or in the right hand side tab**Additionally, stroke paint can make the stroke style bigger and change the color. ***For example: make the stroke red to cut out shapes on laser cutter**Plain line is ideal for laser (stroke needs to be 0.025 mm in width)**For laser cutter engravements the color needs to be black fill**Outlining a letter would need to be in blue stroke (0.025 mm)**eraser erases the paths for lines, works with the free hand closed lines**Bring in pictures into Inkskape, drag it in from google ***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, ''Trace Bitmap'', embedded image, check live preview (makes it black and white), change 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 objects together with union ***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 /> **