Inkscape’s object properties

Objects in Inkscape have special properties. These properties are different, depending on the type of object you are drawing (circle, rectangle, star, spiral, and so on).

For example, you may have noticed that the rectangles you made in the previous chapter with the Rectangle tool have corner rounding properties, which allow you to round the corners. These properties are displayed in the Tool control bar and have special handles displayed on the selected shape itself to adjust these values without needing to enter values.

Stars or polygons made with the Star and Polygon tool have an adjustable number of points as well as point rounding, plus other useful features such as randomization, which we will soon see when exploring these drawing tools.

Likewise, circles have Start and End angles, which are useful for making pie charts, as we will soon explore when we look at the Circle, Ellipse, and Arc tools.

Figure 3.1 shows various types of...