As always, a great tutorial from which I learned a lot! Thanks so much! A small note: In order to be able to edit symbols, you can simply go to "Convert object to path" instead of deactivating the clone connection.
Symbols are the primary reason I use Inkscape. Really an underused and powerful capability of Inkscape. Just wish markers and patterns are treated the same way as symbols (naming them and storing them).
Thank you for introducing me to this option in object, too. And what's more, I'm learning that I can build my own library of symbols!!! It makes me happy, thank you! I know it will be very useful to me.
Yes, symbols and libraries can be confusing - thanks for your excellent summary - you covered everything I was wondering about! Many thanks. Update: I found that despite changing object IDs, I cannot get custom names for symbols! It works sometimes, but usually fails, and uses generic names despite my changing object ID!
Thanks for the explanation, but this symbol library seems to be a hell. I have to add hundreds of symbols and I just pass with renaming it. And no description, tags, so I would have to give them very long names, so I could really search thought them. And maybe I didn't find it yet, but you can't even change view, so they have constant size icons. This app seems to be abandoned and rare new versions just introduce more instability and bugs. Nowadays, I can't even change strokes to path for some stroke styles. edit: answering myself 1) Inkscape wouldn't allow me to change path, but I added symlink to predefined symbol directory and it works 2) renaming isn't that hard with text editor: it's always "
ARROW !!! ARROWS !!!! How many times have I went into Inkscape looking for arrows to use in my Screenshots. . . Fl;ameshot on Linux was broken, Man I went though a lot trying to get my arrows. Although I do not like the ones in the Library, i'm happy to make my own ! Thanks.
Yes, but I can't find precise license for that, so we can assume it's GPL, as the rest of the software, which means works using these symbols must be GPL as well and you must attach license. We could once use OpenClipart library with public domain works, but developers deleted it, because it was down for some time. For now we have "import web image" which does nothing for me.
🙇 TYSM for this tutorial! Really fast and concise.
As always, a great tutorial from which I learned a lot! Thanks so much!
A small note: In order to be able to edit symbols, you can simply go to "Convert object to path" instead of deactivating the clone connection.
Awesome!
Excellent and simple tutorial, thank you for teaching us!
Great tutorial - thanks
Symbols are the primary reason I use Inkscape. Really an underused and powerful capability of Inkscape. Just wish markers and patterns are treated the same way as symbols (naming them and storing them).
Thanks : clear and concise
Thank you for introducing me to this option in object, too. And what's more, I'm learning that I can build my own library of symbols!!! It makes me happy, thank you! I know it will be very useful to me.
That's cool.. I also didn't realise it had a bunch of flowchart symbols already setup!
Wow, that's so cool. I didn't even know these symbols existed. Thank you
I never knew. Thanks!
Yes, symbols and libraries can be confusing - thanks for your excellent summary - you covered everything I was wondering about! Many thanks. Update: I found that despite changing object IDs, I cannot get custom names for symbols! It works sometimes, but usually fails, and uses generic names despite my changing object ID!
Thank you !
Sometimes you want to press the like button more than once. ... 🤩
Thank you so much bruh.❤
Thanks for the explanation, but this symbol library seems to be a hell. I have to add hundreds of symbols and I just pass with renaming it. And no description, tags, so I would have to give them very long names, so I could really search thought them. And maybe I didn't find it yet, but you can't even change view, so they have constant size icons. This app seems to be abandoned and rare new versions just introduce more instability and bugs. Nowadays, I can't even change strokes to path for some stroke styles.
edit: answering myself
1) Inkscape wouldn't allow me to change path, but I added symlink to predefined symbol directory and it works
2) renaming isn't that hard with text editor: it's always "
ARROW !!! ARROWS !!!! How many times have I went into Inkscape looking for arrows to use in my Screenshots. . . Fl;ameshot on Linux was broken, Man I went though a lot trying to get my arrows. Although I do not like the ones in the Library, i'm happy to make my own ! Thanks.
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Can we use these for commercial use etc ?
Yes, but I can't find precise license for that, so we can assume it's GPL, as the rest of the software, which means works using these symbols must be GPL as well and you must attach license. We could once use OpenClipart library with public domain works, but developers deleted it, because it was down for some time. For now we have "import web image" which does nothing for me.
Hi. May I ask if all your courses are shown on a windows computer? I have a MacBook & obviously the key functions are different