Thank you very much!
The problem with the offset tool for me is that the drawing has a lot of details inside, I wanted to expand only the shapes that make the boundary without having to ungroup and select one by one.
In Corel there is a button that you click and it automatically outlines several selected objects. This boundary is created as a new object that can be used as a cut line. It would be awesome if Inkscape added this.
Thank you very much!
The problem with the offset tool for me is that the drawing has a lot of details inside, I wanted to expand only the shapes that make the boundary without having to ungroup and select one by one.
In Corel there is a button that you click and it automatically outlines several selected objects. This boundary is created as a new object that can be used as a cut line. It would be awesome if Inkscape added this.
Another simple method is to draw a rectangle around your design as a frame and use the full bucket to fill the "inbetween" space. Delete everything you don´t need except the outline around your image - which can be offset/outset etc:
Can I automatically create a path around selected objects to create a boundary?
The boundary is created as a new object that can be used as a cut line.
Yes.
Extensions>Generate From Path>Frame
it works with the combined bounding box of the selected objects.
If you just want a frame for the canvas.
If you enable snapping, and snap to page.
Then drag a rectangle from top left to bottom right.
Are you probably need an Offset like used on stickers?
There isn't a single step method but you can achieve this with a few keystrokes.
Select your shapes. Duplicate [ctrl+d]. Union [shift+ctrl+=]. Outset [ctrl+0]. Repeat the last step.
Another simple method is to draw a rectangle around your design as a frame and use the full bucket to fill the "inbetween" space. Delete everything you don´t need except the outline around your image - which can be offset/outset etc: