How to automate the creation of guides

[haschdl]

Thank for such great extension! I would like to automate the tedious work of creating guides. I usually create the same guides, at 10% of the size, plus 13% bottom margin and a final guide at 7% height. Is there a function to create guides? I couldn't find in the documentation.

[spakin]

I'm glad you like Simple Inkscape Scripting. Guides would be a great addition to the extension. I'll implement those when I get a chance. In the meantime, try something low-level like this:

g = inkex.elements.Guide()
g.move_to(width/2, height/2, 45)
nv = svg_root.namedview
nv.add(g)

The move_to method is the key. It takes the x and y position for a point on the guide and an angle in degrees by which to rotate the guide.

[spakin]

Simple Inkscape Scripting now provides a guide function for creating guides and a guides list that keeps track of all of the guides in the document. See Guides in the wiki for details.

[haschdl]

Thank you @spakin , i will learn how to use the new feature, I’m sure it will save me a lot of time!