I have drawn a geometric pattern and because I am learning as I go I need some help to finish it off, or indeed start again with advice if necessary.  

I would like the pattern to be repeatable so that it can be cut out on a laser cutter, but somehow I have misaligned the external connections and am struggling to correct it.  Should I start again and use a grid (just thought of that - doh) to make sure everything is consistent?

Or better still, someone with more skills that I may have already created this and I could use the better one.

I will try an post an example so you can see what I mean.  I don't know if it should be an SVG file or a jpeg.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBtKnmM0Y_o

Hi there. Here's a screencast. Do pay attention to the modifier keys in the bottom left corner of the video. Especially in the newer versions of Inkscape the guidelines can behave in odd ways if SHIFT isn't pressed when you drag the line into place.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSzw3xiorVE

A tip on how to prepare the document so it's easier to make a maze. :)

That's fantastic and I will go through as you describe.  I have no idea how to get all the extra icons down the sides, I will try and look that up too.

Setting up the document in the first place is something I should have thought of first, before I blundered into drawing it.

One question though, as it's going to go through a laser engraver I would need to delete the nodes on the joining paths, or they would be cut too, I guess I do that by hand?

Which version of Inkscape do you have?

I have version 1.2.1.

Thank you - I had no idea what two non-endpoint nodes did (or do).

You should have icons down the side by default, but if you haven't you can get them back here:

They are all ticked - but nothing on the right and hardly any on the left.

Hmm... do you have "Widescreen" selected?

I didn't - I do now - it works.

Thank you so much for your help - however - I can use the 'Delete Segment between two non-endpoint nodes on the top two verticals  - but when I try any of the others it cuts diagonally to the endpoints (easier to see if the maze is coloured).

Sorry to be a nuisance, it's because you have helped me so well this far and I would not know how to describe it again to a new person. 

Don't worry about it. :)

So when you fill a not-closed path, Inkscape has to guess what should be filled. It does so by drawing an invisible line between the end segments of the path and filling the areas that emerge. If you have two nodes in a path with no curves, nothing will be filled because the invisible line goes straight back along the path - there is no area. If you have three nodes that are not arranged in a perfect line you will get some sort of triangle. If you have four nodes that are arranged in a Z pattern you will get two triangles.

Do you need the fill for your cutting operation? If you do it's probably best to have two objects on top of each other; one filled with closed paths and no outline, and one with opened paths and only outline.

Sorry for the delay in replying..  I do not want it coloured in - so I guess it doesn't matter.  In any case the extreme outside of the repeated pattern would have to be left open, or the whole thing would end up being cut out, which would defeat the whole idea.  I did as you showed on the video and all looks well now (I did a little more adjusting, just to line up things more accurately) and will try a laser cut soon so see how it looks.  In the meantime I will have a go at another pattern and see if I can do it a little less chaotically.

Thank you again.

Paul 

It would be fun to see the result when you are done. :)