Videos tagged with snapping




Screencasters Episode 080: Drawing a Light Switch

Screencasters Episode 080: Drawing a Light Switch

Posted in Graphics

In this episode I create a pseudo-realistic looking lightswitch using Inkscape v0.46. There are a few valuable tips in this episode including the use of path and node snapping, gradients, creating slotted screwheads, and a couple of other things which could be useful on lots of other projects. This probably is my longest episode to date. This is partly because I had a separate small idea that d...

Tags: Design, Screencasters, Inkscape, Gradients, snapping, lightswitch, switch


Screencasters Episode 065: LCD Digits

Screencasters Episode 065: LCD Digits

Posted in Graphics

This screencast demonstrates a fairly easy way of creating LCD digits from scratch. It also demonstrates the use of grids and grid snapping to make drawing objects of a defined size easier. I recorded the intro to this one about a week ago. During the week I got involved in a couple of forum discussions involving grids and snapping (which I had never used before btw). So you’ll notice tha...

Tags: Design, Screencasters, Inkscape, digits, grids, lcd, snapping