Difference between revisions of "Inkscape Extension to Render a Living Hinge"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
(Created page with "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 Ma...") |
|||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
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. | 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 | + | == Living Hinge Example == |
| − | [[ | + | [[File:Living hinge.jpg|800px]] |
| − | + | ||
| + | The pattern of cuts in this hinge 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. | ||
Revision as of 20:08, 7 December 2013
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 Example
The pattern of cuts in this hinge 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.
