vb6hobbyst7 / pathmonkey

Extensions for manipulating paths in Inkscape.

PathMonkey

A collection of extensions for manipulating paths in Inkscape.

Installing

Copy the .py and .inx files from extensions into your Inkscape extensions directory (typically ~/.config/inkscape/extensions). See http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Script_extensions#Installing.

Sheriff Stars

Sheriff stars typically have 5 or 6 points and also have a circle at the end of each point so that the badge can't accidentally stab the officer while they're wearing the badge.

6-pointed Sheriff Stars
Create and select a circle	Launch extension and set options	Shapes created by extension	Remove original circle	Union the shapes

The components (star, circles) are kept separate so that additional processing can be performed on each component if desired. To produce a sheriff star outline, just union the various shapes together.

5- and 7-pointed Sheriff Stars

If the "Show inner circle" option is selected, then a circle touching the inner points of the star will be included in the output. Here is an example for a 5-pointed star:

X-agrams

X-agrams are stars with a circumscribed circle. While these can be drawn separately, it can be tricky to properly align the circle and the star, especially for odd-count stars where the center of the star's bounding box is not the true center of the star.

Pentagram (5-agram)
Create and select a circle	Launch extension and set options	Vertex skip = 1 (pentagon)	Vertex skip = 2 (pentagram)

Septagram (7-agram)
Vertex skip = 1	Vertex skip = 2	Vertex skip = 3

In addition to connecting each point along the outer circle, they can also be connected via an inner circle.

Septagram (7-agram) with inner connection
Vertex skip = 1	Vertex skip = 2	Vertex skip = 3	Vertex skip = 4	Vertex skip = 5

Mutual Cut Line

Even though Inkscape has a Cut operation, I never seem to be able to remember which line will be cut and which one is doing the cutting. Also, sometimes I want them to cut each other and keep all the segments.

So, given 2 lines that intersect:

This extension will generate the 4 segments where they divide each other:

Note that this leaves the original 2 lines in place, so you'll need to delete them if you no longer want them around: