I haven't worked with pattern fill much, so I'm assuming this is something I'm doing or some setting in my Inkscape that is causing this. When I create a shape and then select pattern fill, all of the choices come in so large, that in order to see the pattern in my shape (even a shape as large as 12"x 12", I have to take the scale down to 0.1 or less. Is this normal or am I doing something wrong, or have a setting somewhere incorrect?
Also, I'm not able to upload a file without getting an error saying there is not enough space on inkscape.org. (Even though my image is only 286 kb.)
I have no clue what´s causing the Pattern scale issue nor the upload error. Have you tried a fresh file? If that´s happening after ann update of Inkscape consider to go to Inkscape´s Preferences->System, hit Reset Preferences, restart Inkscape and try again.
THANK you! That's where the issue is. Now for my next question that I bet you can help me with... 😀 Can you explain to me what the scale number does and what I should have it set to?
It's up to you, but 1/96 inch is what's used for the stock patterns in Inkscape. It's also the same as setting the scale for pixels to 1, then change it back to inches when you are done.
The scale setting is adjusting the viewBox setting in document properties (expand it to see it).
Width, height and viewBox in an empty document decides the values used when you draw a 1 inch rectangle for example. You can see this in realtime if you pay attention to what's happening in the XML-editor as you draw.
XML-code used for SVG can also be written/edited manually using a text editor. The sample code below is for for a 10 inch empty page with scale 1/96 per inch.
Beyond the Basics Pattern Fill Patterns--Apply Extremely Large
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I haven't worked with pattern fill much, so I'm assuming this is something I'm doing or some setting in my Inkscape that is causing this. When I create a shape and then select pattern fill, all of the choices come in so large, that in order to see the pattern in my shape (even a shape as large as 12"x 12", I have to take the scale down to 0.1 or less. Is this normal or am I doing something wrong, or have a setting somewhere incorrect?
Also, I'm not able to upload a file without getting an error saying there is not enough space on inkscape.org. (Even though my image is only 286 kb.)
Appreciate any guidance. Thanks.
I have no clue what´s causing the Pattern scale issue nor the upload error. Have you tried a fresh file? If that´s happening after ann update of Inkscape consider to go to Inkscape´s Preferences->System, hit Reset Preferences, restart Inkscape and try again.
If scale 1 is used for inches in document properties, I would expect the patterns to be extremely large.
Try a different scale.
THANK you! That's where the issue is. Now for my next question that I bet you can help me with... 😀 Can you explain to me what the scale number does and what I should have it set to?
It's up to you, but 1/96 inch is what's used for the stock patterns in Inkscape. It's also the same as setting the scale for pixels to 1, then change it back to inches when you are done.
The scale setting is adjusting the viewBox setting in document properties (expand it to see it).
Width, height and viewBox in an empty document decides the values used when you draw a 1 inch rectangle for example. You can see this in realtime if you pay attention to what's happening in the XML-editor as you draw.
XML-code used for SVG can also be written/edited manually using a text editor.
The sample code below is for for a 10 inch empty page with scale 1/96 per inch.
<svg width="10in" height="10in" viewBox="0 0 960 960"/>
Thank you!