How to color a wireframe sphere with stripes in Inkscape

How to color a wireframe sphere with stripes in Inkscape

This guide will show you how to use the render sphere extension in Inkscape and how to divide it into individual stripes that you easily fill with color

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What You'll Need

  • Inkscape
  • striped sphere
  • globe. ball
  • render sphere
  • graghics

Steps

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    Inkscape is a free professional vector graphics editor that works on  Windows, Linux and macOS. You can download it from https://inkscape.org/

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    Click on Extensions - Render - Wireframe Sphere

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    Copy the numbers and checkmark in this menu.  Click Apply

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    Select the globe Click on Object - Ungroup

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    Click  - Transform - Click on the Move Tab

    Change Horizontal to 100 - Click Apply

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    Result

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    Click on Object - Ungroup

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    Select the circle

    Click Path - Object to path

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    With the circle still selected - Click lower selection to bottom 

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    Click on the second to bottom curve line.

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    Click on Object - Transform

    Click on the Move Tab

    Change Horizontal to -100 (minus 100) Click Apply  

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    Result

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    Select the curve line and while pressing shift on your keyboard select the circle

    Click Path - Division  

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    Select what is now the second to bottom curve line

    Click Apply on Transfer - Move  

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    With the moved curve line selected press the shift key on your keyboard and select the circle 

    Click Path - Division

     

    *Click at the top of the circle to prevent selecting the other curve line 

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    Repeat as before

    select the second bottom curve line and move

    and with that curve line selected - shift on keyboard and select the circle

    and Path - Division  

     

    * Click at the top of the circle to prevent selecting all of the curve lines 

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    Repeat  the move and division steps for the next 3 curve lines

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    Select inside each strip and click on alternate colors to fill them

    Select each oval on the right and and fill with matching colors

    Select the larger of the 2 ovals and click apply on move menu

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    Select the small oval on the right and  click apply to move it

    Drag the select box to select all of the stripped circle

    Click Object - Group

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    Your striped globe is ready.

    You can Rotate it with the Rotate tab on the Transform menu

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