You should have a good understanding on how Inkscape's Polygon tool works, along with some neat tricks to make polygons more useful. Here's an example of a design that uses one of these complex shapes. I also had to drag the handles around a bit to get the shape exactly how I wanted it. We can go ahead and grab this design using the exact same method we've just used. Here's another crazy polygon I came up with that has an amazing design in there. Tada! You're left with just that neat design now. With both shapes selected, you can go to Path > Difference. Send that square to the back by Object > Lower to Bottom. Make sure you convert both of these shapes into paths by Path > Object to Path. We're going to get it! Step 2ĭraw something like a square that entirely covers our cool design in the middle (try not to go over the polygon). As you can see though, there's a pretty awesome design in the middle there. What I have below is a star polygon with some crazy options that barely qualifies this shape as a polygon anymore. This is my personal favorite use of the Polygon tool. This is just an example how you could use polygons to create a foundation for complex shapes. With a little touch up, you'll end up with a perfectly drawn heart. Now, just select the appropriate nodes and smooth those out. Then, just add a couple more nodes as shown below. You'll want to go to Path > Object to Path so we can work on this shape properly. So let's just make a star polygon with 3 Corners, so it creates a triangle.
We can use a basic polygon to help get us started. Let's say we'd like to draw a complicated shape, such as a "heart". Quite plainly, it removes that second handle which in turn, makes it a regular polygon. To change a star into a regular polygon, just click the Regular polygon button. It may not look like it has changed anything, but what it did was add that second handle. To change a regular polygon into a star, simply click the Star polygon. If you're wondering what it looks like, here you go: The randomized option is pretty much complete chaos. Randomized: Value of randomizing spoke position, length, etc.Rounded: Value of rounding the spokes and joins (-10 to 10).Spoke ratio: Ratio of the spoke length from the center (0.10 to 1).The options are pretty much the same, but there are a few differences: The outer handle is used to rotate or stretch the star, but the inner handle is used to adjust the Spoke ratio and spoke angle. Unlike the Regular polygon, Star polygons have two handles. You'll notice below that I have a regular polygon with 6 corners and a Rounded value of 0.125 which creates a good looking, smooth hexagon. Randomized: Value of randomizing the positions of the corners (-10 to 10).Rounded: Value of rounding all corners and sides (-10 to 10).Spoke ratio: Not available for regular polygons.Corners: Number of corners/sides (minimum of 3).Regular polygons have only one handle which can only be used to rotate or stretch the shape. We'll go over these in the next couple steps. On the top menu, you'll also see the options: Corners, Spoke ratio, Rounded, and Randomized. When you select the Polygon tool, you'll be able to draw Regular Polygons or Stars. In this quick tip, we'll go over some neat tricks to make the Polygon tool more useful with your designs. The Polygon tool in Inkscape has a slight learning curve, but can be an excellent way to speed up the creation of complex shapes.
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