i just finished quite a complicated line drawing and at some point i think i have duplicated it , is there an easy way to check if there are duplicate layers or do i need to go line by line to delete them?
if i select them with a box then all the lines are selected and setting them to 50% makes them all lighter, how do i tell if they are duplicated , also , sorry i know this is probably a simple question , i'm using opacity in the fill and stroke tab to lower the transparency ,is this correct and what do i set the blend mode to to help? and what do i use in the object panel ?, i starte at all the settings but nothing jumps out that would help
(if you don't know how to get it from mighty scape)
If you just want to remove a duplicate object with same position(layer, symbol, rectangle etc) where just the id and label may differ.
So for example if you have accidentally duplicated a layer ( and not edited it ) or accidentally pasted two copies of an object in the exact same postion.
I've attached a simple text based xml text duplicate finder.
It will find elements with identical xml code - ignoring the ids or labels and print at list.
if i select them with a box then all the lines are selected and setting them to 50% makes them all lighter, how do i tell if they are duplicated ,
See screenshot : I did a selection rectangle on all the left shapes. You can see status bar says 8 stars selected but visually there are only 7. Once their opacity is turned to 50% (use the O : bottom left of screen just next to fill color), you can find where two stars are stacked : they look darker : see right side of screenshot.
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i just finished quite a complicated line drawing and at some point i think i have duplicated it , is there an easy way to check if there are duplicate layers or do i need to go line by line to delete them?
i guess i need to go line by line then
There are extensions for purging duplicated lines... can't say how well they work.
https://stadtfabrikanten.org/display/IFM/MightyScape+1.2+-+Extensions+Overview
Sorry for this late answer.
Select all lines with a wide selection rectangle. Set them a 50 % transparency to quickly see where there are duplicates stacked.
You can also use blend modes to highlight them.
You can also use object panel to help you.
if i select them with a box then all the lines are selected and setting them to 50% makes them all lighter, how do i tell if they are duplicated , also , sorry i know this is probably a simple question , i'm using opacity in the fill and stroke tab to lower the transparency ,is this correct and what do i set the blend mode to to help? and what do i use in the object panel ?, i starte at all the settings but nothing jumps out that would help
thank you
For removing duplicate lines:
https://inkscape.org/~EllenWasbo/%E2%98%85remove-duplicate-lines-with-tolerance
(if you don't know how to get it from mighty scape)
If you just want to remove a duplicate object with same position(layer, symbol, rectangle etc) where just the id and label may differ.
So for example if you have accidentally duplicated a layer ( and not edited it ) or accidentally pasted two copies of an object in the exact same postion.
I've attached a simple text based xml text duplicate finder.
It will find elements with identical xml code - ignoring the ids or labels and print at list.
Appears under Extensions>Arrange>Dupe Check.
Just extract it into your user extension folder.
this sounds promising, i will give it a try when i get home tonight , thank you
See screenshot : I did a selection rectangle on all the left shapes. You can see status bar says 8 stars selected but visually there are only 7. Once their opacity is turned to 50% (use the O : bottom left of screen just next to fill color), you can find where two stars are stacked : they look darker : see right side of screenshot.
thank you , David 248 , that worked perfectly
i just realized why this works , so simple , with the opacity set to 50% 1 line is pink but 2 lines on top of each other are red, thank you again