Hello Inkscapers!

I'd like to create the attached box template on InkScape with the possibility to adjust the Width, Height and Depth. I.e. Kind of similar to what the InkScape extension "Foldable Box" proposes but with the template attached.

Any recommendations on how to do that?

Thanks in advance for your help!

I´m not getting where you stuck. I´d insert a guide at the vertical half, take the Bézier-tool, hold ctrl key down for straight line and draw along. Then duplicate and mirror vertically, snap and weld. To check measurements apply Path->Path Effects->Measure Segments and alter accordingly.

Hi @Polygon,

Thanks for your answer. I should have clarified that I am a beginner in InkScape. May I ask you to provide a little more details/guidance on what you just described above? I understand the approach and it makes sense, I just don't know how to do it in InkScape :/... 

Thanks in advance for your answer.

Here´s a quick start-up file. Have a good play with the Bézier- and Node tool.You have to learn the first steps yourself.

Hello,

thanks for your answer @Polygon!

I managed to do the outline of one side of the box and now I'd like to do a symmetry, but I don't know how to snap properly the two shapes and weld them? Lastly I'd like to change the length of my box (green segments) and I'd like everything else to keep the same measures and all paths just translate, any insights on how to do that? I also noticed that the fill pattern of my triangles takes a lot of memory/space on the file, any explanations knowing I used the 1:1 lines pattern?

Thanks in advance for your precious help!

You need to enable Snapping->Nodes->Cusp Nodes e.g. Mirror vertically with "V". Then I go Path->Reverse to make sure the labels are outside again. Draw rectangle around nodes to select and join them etc:

Thanks a lot for your answer @Polygon! Question, how do you add these measures to the path? And how I can add a visible measure between two strokes that are not necessarily from the same path?

Reply #4 contains an attached Inkscape file with the used Path effect intact.

Resizing this unfolded box required some three dimensional thinking. Here's my manual method, though I'm sure this could be programmed into an extension. Not in my skillset, sadly.

Changing the length is easy. Split your shapes into two on the long red axis. Separate the pieces vertically and close the gap.

Changing the width is almost as easy. Split the shape into two pieces along a vertical blue axis. Separate the shapes horizontally and close the gaps again. Repeat this using the other blue axis

Changing the height is more complex, requiring vertical and horizontal splits and joins across the five green axes. Split, separate, close and repeat. Make sure the separation distance is the same in each operation.

Hello there,

Thank you very much @Polygon and @Paddy_CAD for your help! You can see below my final template and I'd like to fill some closed areas. It seems more complicated that expected. Any advice on how to do that? Should I draw a form and fill it and overlay with the final template because apparently the fill tool does not detect the closed shapes delimited by different paths. 

Thanks in advance for your help!

You can change the "sensitivity" of the Fill tool but it's not a precision instrument. I would use the Rectangle tool [r] to draw over the areas you want to fill. Convert rectangles to paths [Path > Object to Path] then use the Node tool for precise editing. 

http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Paths-Editing.html#Paths-Editing-Node