3d extrusion effect inskcape

The effect of extrusion of inkscape version 0.47 allows to achieve a 3D effect in any way to generate lines that create a depth effect agree to assign the configuration and perpectiva vector.

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The menu Extensions version 0.47 A nice surprise ...

Until version 0.46 was called extrusion to create an isometric where we could choose the direction and length of the displacement vector.

Anything we can get a lot of juice, really. I remember a tutorial that I ate the coconut over and over again to give it a bevel to this effect. The tutorial in question so I called sloppy method to prospects without much chance of success .

As the screenshot above is made ​​of the effect Inkscape 0.47 is now called Movement. The question is what is it clear what lies behind the term Extruding now ...?

For what there is a giant step towards the desired 3D effect.

This has a long journey but of course we must recognize that with this at our disposal the creative possibilities multiply rapidly. Let's dissect it a little.

The first thing we need are two paths. The most basic would be two lines with only two nodes each:

From here the thing can be very productive or a disaster. For example, if the number of nodes does not match the result paths can be absolute chaos. Inkscape is not so chooses guess it makes sense "to unite the nodes in the order," but when one of the objects are more nodes than the other, the ends do not match. Look at this number that has been converted into drive and doubled. With that guarantee that the ordering of the nodes is correct and the result is "seemingly" convincing:

If the number of before we add a single node on the pole leaning from 4 ...

When applying the extrusion everything falls apart:

So my advice is to always use routes that retain duplicates the same characteristics.

What is generated is a group to be ungrouped (Object / Ungroup) can be edited to taste.

But I said "seemingly" convincing. By this I meant that Inkscape creates a number of faces to join nodes. This may have unpleasant consequences in a curved path, as happened to 0 in the example. To solve this we must turn to add more nodes before its replacement:

But this fixes a problem generating another (too expensive). It is certainly better to be patient and invest the time to not believe many more nodes than necessary, for example, straight segments.
The effect is now much better:

Using other extensions as the prospect can get beautiful results like this: