I need 'helper' objects when drawing icons. These objects shall be visible and selectable on the canvas, but shall not print and export. Coming from Xara, there is a layer setting 'NoPrint'.
How can I achieve this in InkScape?
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Why do I need that? When drawing icons, I need to export them all in the same size. The content of e.g. 48x48 doesn't always touches the borders. When I have a non-printing background object, I can simply window-select the background object and have the correct size. There are many icons in a single SVG file, it's not a separate file per icon.
I don't know of a "NoPrint" attribute. My solution when creating symbols is to include a 48x48 rectangle in the group and set its stroke and fill to "none".
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I need 'helper' objects when drawing icons.
These objects shall be visible and selectable on the canvas, but shall not print and export.
Coming from Xara, there is a layer setting 'NoPrint'.
How can I achieve this in InkScape?
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Why do I need that?
When drawing icons, I need to export them all in the same size.
The content of e.g. 48x48 doesn't always touches the borders.
When I have a non-printing background object, I can simply window-select the background object and have the correct size.
There are many icons in a single SVG file, it's not a separate file per icon.
I don't know of a "NoPrint" attribute. My solution when creating symbols is to include a 48x48 rectangle in the group and set its stroke and fill to "none".
Thanks Paddy, that's ok for me.