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
  • stripped 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 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 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 Move Tab Change Horizontal to -100 (minus 100) Click Apply  

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    Result

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    Select both the curve line and While pressing shift on you 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 to select them both. Click Path - Division  

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    Repeat select the second bottom curve line and move and with that curve line selected - shift on keyboard and Path - Division  

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    Repeat  move and division steps for the next 3 curve lines

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    Select inside each strip and click on alternate colors for fill 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 Select the stripped circle Click Object - Group

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    Your stripped globe is ready. You can Rotate it with the Rotate tab on the Transform menu

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