don watson Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 Hi All, I came across a problem the other day which has me baffled. In Part 5 of the Inkscape Tutorial by Travis 1 I create a square with a 1mm (0.040") wide stroke 2 I select 'Edit paths by nodes' 3 I then click Path > Object to Path' 4 When I then select any node in the path and move it, another node appears underneath where moved it from.? What is happening ? If I 'Select 2 nodes and the segment between and click on 'Insert new nodes into selected segments' the new node appears ok. But if I double click the Segment no new node appears ? Can anyone tell me what is happening Can anyone help ? take care Don W Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don watson Posted December 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 Its ok guys, I have deleted (renamed) the preferences.xml file and everything seems to be back to normal take care Don W Travis 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 I'm baffled. I can't seem to replicate the problem you're describing. The only thing I can think of is you might have a duplicate shape beneath the shape you're trying to edit. Grab the pointer tool, click outside the canvas so nothing is selected. Then click and drag your object to the side and see if there's anything below it. If there is, what's probably happening is there was a duplicate object below it. When you edit the node, it reveals that duplicate object. When you double click to add a new node, you might be double clicking the other object (which will select the other object instead of adding a new node). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don watson Posted December 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 Hi Travis, That has cured it. I was working with the Inkscape Manual > Tutorials and had reset all sorts of settings. renaming the .xpl file seems to have cured it. take care Don W PS I have had a few goes at the Elk Desk Clock tutorial and it seems to be getting easier. I am looking for some new pictures to do the same thing, many thanks for the tuorials. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don watson Posted December 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2012 I have the same problem on my Linux computer now. I have posted a picture after I clicked on each corner and moved the node. take care Don W PS I will let you know what I find /home/don/2012-12-11-000440_1280x1024_scrot.png Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
don watson Posted December 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2012 Its ok now Travis. I did the same on this computer and renamed the preferences file. take care Don W Travis 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted October 18, 2013 Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 YOU GUY ARE SMARTIES!AND THATS A GOOD THING Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted October 18, 2013 Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 I love it when someone comes up with a problem, because it is often something that some of us has also struggled with and maybe never figured it out but just moved on to something else. Reading these problems and solutions is very helpful and if we have not had this porblem, perhaps we will later and remember that we read it somewhere on here before and can go back and search it out later.. good job solving Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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