How do I get long cornered rectangle around the square object?

Doing this manually by duplicating and dragging the duplicate creates inaccuracies upon putting it in another part of the object. I remember seeing a video on how it was done, but can't remember what it was called and by whom

You just need a thick stroke with round end caps - which you can convert with Path->Stroke to Path in the end if needed.

And do what afterwards?

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Convert stroke with Path->Stroke to Path to make it a shape.

And then what do I do?

I probably don't understand the question. You can take the Bézier-tool and draw a thick stroke by clicking at the corners of the underlying rectangle. Closing the rectangle don't makes sense as you will loose the round end-caps of the stroke and there's a rectangle tool to do so instead.

If you're not familiar with the tools check out Inkscape's Help->Tutorials or go YouTube and find videos for beginners from "Logos by Nick" for instance.

Why did you bother even answering if you don't understand the question?

charlesxavier

Why did you bother even answering if you don't understand the question?

Maybe you meant to say "Why did you bother to answer my incoherent question?"

Polygon just took time to answer you despite you weird question (I don't really understand your needs, too🤔).

Please take this into account 😚

 1 hour, 36 minutes ago

charlesxavier

Why did you bother even answering if you don't understand the question?

Maybe you meant to say "Why did you bother to answer my incoherent question?"

you mean you can’t understand English? Once I get back from work, I’ll report you for trolling 

Polygon just took time to answer you despite you weird question (I don't really understand your needs, too🤔).

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two stupid answers and one that said he didn’t understand what I was asking, means you’re trolling 

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@charlesxavier I'll give you a first and final warning to rethink your language and tone of voice. If you are unable to read, understand and perform simple step-by-step instructions or asking alternative questions and only looking for insults, moderators will ban you from the forum. Simple as.

What language?

You never gave me any steps to follow, if so show me what steps 

And for reference I have screenshots of your conversations with me @polygon

You never gave me any steps to follow, if so show me what steps

Reply #2, #5, #7

They were not steps at all. As soon as I get the email for the admin for this site. I will report you 

You can find the E-mail address at the bottom of the site under "Contact Us".

charlesxavier

How do I get long cornered rectangle around the square object?

Please make a quick handwritten sketch of what you want to do, scan it and send it.

charlesxavier

Doing this manually by duplicating and dragging the duplicate creates inaccuracies upon putting it in another part of the object.

Then I guess this sentence will be also self-explanatory.

Nobody there wants to troll you, we just take time to answer and try to help other users. We just can't understand your question, wich sounds clear for you but not for us. Don't be offensed.

Tell us more, I you want advices, and please kindly (for me, this will be the condition for answering you).

Best regards

Offensed? That’s not English 

OK. My attempt at humour didn't land as I intended. I'll parse your original post and try to de-escalate this conversation.

charlesxavier

How do I get long cornered rectangle around the square object?

What do you mean by "long cornered rectangle"? What is the "square object"?

charlesxavier

Doing this manually by duplicating and dragging the duplicate

What are you duplicating? Where are you dragging it?

charlesxavier

creates inaccuracies

What do you mean by "inaccuracies"? What behaviour did you expect?

charlesxavier

putting it in another part of the object

As before, which object are you trying to modify?

charlesxavier

I remember seeing a video on how it was done, but can't remember what it was called and by whom

I don't think anybody, anywhere can help with this.

If you know what you want, and you can't reproduce it in Inkscape, you could upload a hand-drawn sketch (as David248 suggested) or perhaps include an image that you want to replicate.

A few things before I finish. If somebody (like Polygon) doesn't fully understand your question, it's polite to say so. This is not an insult to you, it's his request that you clarify your needs. Your correspondents on this forum are volunteers, not paid support staff, but we truly want to help you. In many cases we are not English speakers so lànguáge and grammar errörs should be îgnored.

Sorry, I'm a poor french : I meant "ne vous sentez pas offensé" : don't feel offended

I'm locking this topic for posterity and giving @charlesxavier a chance to start over.

They can start a new topic on the issue with a more specific description, so others may try to help (or not).

No one is obligated to participate, and anyone is entitled to flag comments they feel don't conform to the community code of conduct.