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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. | 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 Examples == |
[[File:Living hinge.jpg|800px]] | [[File:Living hinge.jpg|800px]] | ||
− | The pattern of cuts in | + | [[File:Living_hinge_(wood).jpg|800px]] |
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+ | The pattern of cuts in these hinges are typical of those used to make a living hinge. | ||
== The Extension == | == The Extension == |
Revision as of 20:11, 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 Examples
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.