The tool also allows you to create partial ellipses in pie chart style. The Circles, Ellipses, and Arcs tool can be used to create vector objects with curved edges, including circles and ellipses. The X, Y, and Z axis can be adjusted indepently in order to determine the box’s width, height, and depth. The 3D Boxes tool allows you to quickly create three-sided vector boxes that appear as if they’re three-dimensional. The tool allows you to create rectangles with either perfect right angle corners or rounded corners to varying degrees.

The Squares and Rectangles tool is used to create 4-sided vector objects, including squares and rectangles. The Measurement tool allows you to assess the length, width, height, radius, or diameter of specific objects in the following units of measurement: px, mm, pc, pt, in, cm. You can zoom in to see fine details, zoom out to get a more complete view of the canvas, or set the view ratio to 1:1 in order to see how the canvas looks at full size. The Zoom tool allows you to increase or decrease your view of the canvas. It also allows you to make adjustments based on colors and blurs. Alterations include moving multiple objects at once, shrinking, rotating, or duplicating them. The Tweak Objects tool allows you to make compound alterations to multiple objects, paths, and colors at a time. Editable properties include nodes (or coordinate points of an object) and lines. The Edit Paths By Nodes tool allows you to alter the properties of a vector object relative to its coordinates on the X and Y axis. The Select tool allows you to activate, move, rotate, shear, and scale single or multiple objects at a time.

Inkscape Tools and Uses Select and Transform It has much more to offer than just the 21 tools located in its toolbar, but this guide should serve as a good starting point for understanding the basics of Inkscape if you’re new to the software. Inkscape is an open source vector graphics application similar to Adobe Illustrator. In this post I’ll be explaining all 21 Inkscape tools and uses, along with a brief demonstration of how they work.

Basic inkscape tutorial