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A living hinge is a way to make rigid materials like plywood and acrylic sheets flexible by making cuts in the material. The Living Hinge Inkscape extension is a project by Mark Endicott to automate the process of drawing the cut lines needed to form a living hinge. It is an extension to the popular SVG graphics program Inkscape.

== Living Hinge Examples ==
[[File:Living hinge.jpg|800px]]

[[File:Living_hinge_(wood).jpg|800px]]

The pattern of cuts in these hinges are typical of those used to make a living hinge. 

== The Extension ==
To install the extension in Inkscape two files are needed:
 
living_hinge.inx

living_hinge.py

Both files need to be put in the Inkscape extensions directory. On Linux it is located somewhere like /usr/share/inkscape/extensions. On Windows you will find an inkscape/extensions directory in the program files directory. On Mac, I don't know.