A little known feature that was introduced in Inkscape 0.48 was the ability to resize and rotate selected nodes in a path using on-screen handles. These handles behave in the same manner as when rotating or resizing objects with the select tool.
Enabling the onscreen handles
To use this feature, first you need to enable it, so you need to select the Node tool from the toolbox, then flip the toggle to enable display of the resize / rotate handles for nodes:
Resizing nodes
Now, with the feature enabled, select 2 or more nodes, and the resize handles should appear around them in the same way when you select an object with the selection tool.
Use these handles in the same manner to resize the nodes.
Note also that the ctrl and shift keys work to constrain the transformation in the same way as with the select tool.
Rotating Nodes
The same applies to rotating nodes. Select the nodes to be rotated, then single-click one of the nodes again to enter rotate mode.(just like when free rotating). Now use the handles in the same to rotate the selected nodes.
Note also that the ctrl, shift and the rotation point all also work for rotating nodes as it does with the select tool.
That’s a good one
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This series of 0.49 feature previews, and this “pro tip” with the animated gifs have been brilliant. I’m a fairly long-time Inkscape user, but these have quickly enhanced my understanding and “skill set”. Thanks!
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DjR thanks for the Feedback!
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Everything that DjR just said. I saw this and thought, “Man, how is it that I never even thought to look this up, it’s so useful!”
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Hahaha, verycoool. never imaging before
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It’s a great tool! It gives lots of new possibilities for my geometric drawings.
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thank´s for that¡¡ great tutorial
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Awesome thanks a lot
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Hey do you guys could help me out with something related to this. So, I need to enlarge only a part of the image. How do I do it. For example, there is a shoe and I want to enlarge only a part of the shoe that comes under a magnifying glass.
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Még vaéri:mlamegkeverés Af képzettséggel milyen fegyvermérget tudok előállÃtani és mennyibe kerülnek a hozzávalók? Úgy tudom 5 szintű mérget lehet készÃteni Af-el. Milyen lehetÅ‘ségeim vannak?
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This works if you want to drag the arrows to rotate the selected nodes, but if you move the center of rotation, and try to use the Transform dialog to rotate the selection by a specific numeric value, it moves the center of rotation back to the center of the object and rotates it about that point.
Is there any way to move the center of rotation and rotate the selected nodes about this center by a certain number of degrees? I need this to do an animation.
Thanks,
Ollie.
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Perfect! I upgraded and node rotate option wasn’t on as default in the latest version, but I couldn’t work out why not or whether I cold turn it back on again. Thanks!
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