Updated for Inkscape 1.0
This new version adds new shapes to the previous and rearrange some tabs
The Rombus shape goes to the From corners tab. Now is posible use Size for the corners
New shapes Crossed corners, uses the bounding box of the selected objects for create shapes where the borders crosses himselfs in 3 different ways creating squares, triangles or circles
New tab Spikes lets repeat a profile over the perimeter of the selected objects with a size and separation defined by the user. We can choose between five profiles and 3 directions: outside the selection, inside or alternate.
Join circles tab creates a path that joins smoothly two circles of different radius. For get the final shape is necesary perform some extra boolean operations.
UPDATED: Not need to perform boolean operations on the Join circles option in the new version, added Join circles-Oval
https://youtu.be/dP8Ost-PZMI
https://youtu.be/YXxL9km1PB0
https://youtu.be/Setvs4d1Yq4
New option Paper cra
This is a really nifty extension!
I would suggest moving it to a code repository (such as github/gitlab/bitbucket/whatever) and linking there - this will
1) make contributions from others possible
2) make versioning much easier - now there are 3 different uploads of this plugin in the list, which is both redundant and requires some effort to figure out which version is which.
Anyway, just a suggestion!
+1 for the suggestion.
The authors' website is currently under maintenance. Here's the link to the extension: http://www.arakne.es/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/inkscape_arakne_shapes_2017_08_10.zip
Very useful extension! It would be very nice to have an Inkscape 1.0 compatible version!
You can download the last release for Inkscape 1.0 with new options from here https://www.arakne.es/en/inkscape-shapes-1-extension-new-shape-paper-craft-tab/
This looks like a really cool extension, but I can't get it to work. I downloaded and installed the files as I do with other extensions, applied it to a path, and nothing happened. No extension dialogue came up and the path was not altered in any way. I'm using Inkscape 1.21 on Windows 10. Do I need to go back to Inkscape 1.0?
Recent Inkscape versions already include the `inkex.py` file. Thus, to make this extension work, you have to edit `shapes_1.inx` to remove this line: `<dependency …>inkex.py</dependency>`
If you do two more changes, then you can install it as a directory (`~/.config/inkscape/extensions/arakne_shapes_1b/`):
```
--- old/shapes_1.inx 2022-01-27 06:22:50.000000000 +0100
+++ new/shapes_1.inx 2023-11-09 13:34:47.560504049 +0100
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
<_name>Shapes for 1.0</_name>
<id>org.inkscape.effect.shapes1</id>
<dependency type="extension">org.inkscape.output.svg.inkscape</dependency>
- <dependency type="executable" location="extensions">shapes_1.py</dependency>
- <dependency type="executable" location="extensions">inkex.py</dependency>
+ <dependency type="executable" location="inx">shapes_1.py</dependency>
<param name="help-ren" type="description" xml:space="preserve">Create shapes using the bounding box or the node position of the selected objects</param>
<param name="tab" type="notebook">
<page name="bbox" gui-text="From bounding box">
@@ -220,6 +219,6 @@
</effects-menu>
</effect>
<script>
- <command reldir="extensions" interpreter="python">shapes_1.py</command>
+ <command location="inx" interpreter="python">shapes_1.py</command>
</script>
</inkscape-extension>
```
And I agree with the other people, it would be better to host the source-code on some git repository somewhere (GitHub, GitLab).