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[rullywowr]

Inkscape is the best!

Here are some tips for pedal guys like us:

- You can space text by selecting it and using "ALT+> or ALT+<" to adjust

- To put text on an arc or circle:  Make a circle.  Put circle on path (Object to Path).  Then reverse the path (Path->Reverse).  Then put text on path by selecting both text and path (Text/Put on Path).  Then just rotate it

-  The best part is the align and distribute tools (CTRL+SHIFT+A).  Get all you knobs, holes lined up easily and quickly.  I even make little circles which I allign in the center of knobs/etc as drill marks.   When I print my decal i hide the knob layer and the little circles are right where I need to drill.

-  I used to use the "Set Clip" function to extract the items from the Pedal Builders Vector pack.  Now I just use ALT+ (mouse select) + SHIFT and select the vectors which make up an item (knob, switch etc).  Paste this into a new layer in your project and be sure to GROUP (CTRL+G) them together so you can move the "knob" or whatever as a unit.  This works extra good for centering these knobs etc.

There is more, but these are the little tips which make Inkscape great for pedal builders like us.

[DuctTapeRiot]

I would love a tutorial! It would be appreciated for sure. Thanks for the link.

Try this to start: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHn8Vw4qfqo, its what I used to get going with Inkscape, and shows the basic controls, plus how to "Bitmap Trace" which is one of the key features.

After some discussion here and on BYOC forum, I am going to do a pedal based tutorial tonight and tomorrow with the goal of having it edited and posted by the weekend.  Will update as I go.

[keysandguitars]

DTR- Thank you! That youtube vid on bitmap tracing made it a snap. I've had a cool idea kicking around for a pedal and thought what a nightmare it would be to remove one color to just get the black to print on a waterside. Done in 15 seconds!

I can't wait for the tutorial!

[shawnee]

I would love a tutorial! It would be appreciated for sure. Thanks for the link.

Try this to start: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHn8Vw4qfqo, its what I used to get going with Inkscape, and shows the basic controls, plus how to "Bitmap Trace" which is one of the key features.

After some discussion here and on BYOC forum, I am going to do a pedal based tutorial tonight and tomorrow with the goal of having it edited and posted by the weekend.  Will update as I go.

A pedal based tutorial would be great!

[TNblueshawk]

This dude put one together. He knows his stuff with this I might add.

http://www.buildyourownclone.com/board/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=32694

[slimtriggers]

This dude put one together. He knows his stuff with this I might add.

http://www.buildyourownclone.com/board/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=32694

That's awesome!  But how do you get the templates into Inkscape?  When I try to drag them it pulls the layers apart

[keysandguitars]

Perhaps we should start an inkscape thread? I'd be interested in one.

I'm trying to figure out the same thing. I'm clicking File>open>vector pack>select page. I've tried inserting the vector pack into an existing page which contains a different page from the pack (the enclosure of choice) and I can't select the individual object.

Try rubber band clicking, click outside the object slightly above and below and drag to the opposite corner with holding the ALT key. It seems to be finicky, but it's working for me.

I just found a cool trick online. Select the object and drag it to where you want it to go, while still keeping your mouse button depressed, press the space bar, then escape. It'll drop a copy of the object and then return it to its original place.

[jkokura]

Perhaps we should start an inkscape thread? I'd be interested in one.

Done.

jacob

[irmcdermott]

Perhaps we should start an inkscape thread? I'd be interested in one.

Done.

jacob

beat me to it

[jkokura]

This dude put one together. He knows his stuff with this I might add.

http://www.buildyourownclone.com/board/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=32694

I noticed this tutorial is actually for Adobe Illustrator... is that what you meant us to see?

This dude put one together. He knows his stuff with this I might add.

http://www.buildyourownclone.com/board/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=32694

That's awesome!  But how do you get the templates into Inkscape?  When I try to drag them it pulls the layers apart

I used the pdf version, and then opened a new page, then imported the page I wanted in. I selected everything, the ungrouped it to it's basic parts. I then had to highlight and group each part one at a time. A pain. I wish we could get the .svg file instead of the .eps or .pdf files to work with.

I also wish there were some more parts to have to work with as well. a 9V battery as an example, or external nut DC jacks.

Jacob

[k.rock!]

I also wish there were some more parts to have to work with as well. a 9V battery as an example, or external nut DC jacks.

Jacob

I posted this one a while back. At least it has the Battery in there

http://www.madbeanpedals.com/forum/index.php?topic=1967.0

-Kaleb

[jkokura]

Good call. I'll load that pdf up and remove the battery so I can import it.

jacob

[keysandguitars]

I just started to use the templates on GGG until I'm up and running on inkscape. GGG is down in observance of Shabbos. I can't find the link to the page that hosts links to all the enclosures, but this link should get you to the 125B enclosure...awesome template in my opinion and should be very usable in vector based programs.

http://www.generalguitargadgets.com/pdf/drill/ggg_drill_125b_all.pdf?phpMyAdmin=78482479fd7e7fc3768044a841b3e85a

For now, just change the given enclosure model number in the URL to your desired model (1590b, 1590bb, etc) and the PDF should come up. I'll cross post in the inkscape thread.

[DuctTapeRiot]

Ok, i finally finished the tutorial on how to use the Inkscape vector graphics editing program to create a pedal decal layout. It goes through how to get a drilling template into the program, create text for knob labels and naming, creating an outline with jack labels, and how to take a bitmap (jpeg, or gif, or ??) graphic and turn it into a vector one. There is lots of discussion of the advantages of using vector graphics on the original post too.

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmOG5zE0sNE
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHL7SA-qX6w
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXvy5Wb46ok

I had to split it into 3 parts because it wound up being pretty long (~30 min). Also I apologize for the noise in the background, it is my laptop cpu fan and I didn't notice it until after I had finished recording everything and I just couldn't bring myself to redo it. It took much longer than I expected to get it edited and uploaded.

Let me know if there are any questions.

[jimmybjj]

WOW! thanks for all the time and effort. Great job.