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
What You'll Need
- Inkscape
- striped sphere
- globe. ball
- render sphere
- graghics
Steps
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Step 1
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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Step 2
Click on Extensions - Render - Wireframe Sphere
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Step 3
Copy the numbers and checkmark in this menu. Click Apply
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Step 4
Select the globe Click on Object - Ungroup
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Step 5
Click - Transform - Click on the Move Tab
Change Horizontal to 100 - Click Apply
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Step 6
Result
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Step 7
Click on Object - Ungroup
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Step 8
Select the circle
Click Path - Object to path
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Step 9
With the circle still selected - Click lower selection to bottom
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Step 10
Click on the second to bottom curve line.
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Step 11
Click on Object - Transform
Click on the Move Tab
Change Horizontal to -100 (minus 100) Click Apply
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Step 12
Result
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Step 13
Select the curve line and while pressing shift on your keyboard select the circle
Click Path - Division
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Step 14
Select what is now the second to bottom curve line
Click Apply on Transfer - Move
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Step 15
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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Step 16
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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Step 17
Repeat the move and division steps for the next 3 curve lines
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Step 18
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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Step 19
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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Step 20
Your striped globe is ready.
You can Rotate it with the Rotate tab on the Transform menu