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Beyond the Basics Is there a way to do a Skew Transformation from the Command Line?
  1. #1
    Peter Kelley Peter Kelley @yellek

    After looking through the actions and verbs I don't see a way to do this. 

    In the actions I see the following:

    transform-remove    :  Remove any transforms from selected objects
transform-rotate    :  Rotate selected objects by degrees
transform-scale     :  Scale selected objects by scale factor
transform-translate :  Translate selected objects (dx,dy)

    But no skew.

    Is there a way to do this?

    Why do I want to do this? I want to insert text into an isometric template programmatically and so need to skew it to have it look right.
     

  2. #2
    inklinea inklinea @inklinea⛰️

    I do not think it is possible.

    You can easily replace the transform attribute, however is it a replacement not additive. Unless you use an external script to retrieve the current transform then combine them. 

    This will add a skew, but it is destructive.

    inkscape --batch-process --actions="select-all;object-set-attribute:transform,skewX(30);export-filename:skewed.svg;export-do;" testfile.svg

    If you write your own python extension, they can be accessed from the command line just like any other verb.

  3. #3
    Peter Kelley Peter Kelley @yellek

    Thanks for the answer. I am going to have to play around a bit to see if I can achieve the result I am looking for.

    I guess the alternative would be to do a perspective transformation of my text object using my desired isometric shape. Do you think that would be possible from the command line? 

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