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Comment on Trousers with Reference Grid by Rebecca

Rebecca — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:07:54 +0000

Would love to just send me an email and links to the scripts etc.

Comment on Video from 2011 Libre Graphics Meeting presentation in Montreal by Rebecca

Rebecca — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:21:19 +0000

I’m familiar with visual basic and C programming and creating user interface . I’m looking for a final year engineering Honours project.

Comment on Trousers with Reference Grid by Susan

Susan — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:40:53 +0000

Hey Rebecca!
That’s great you’re in engineering! I’m currently trying to get the educational side of this up and running. Would you like to test patterns for the time being?

- Susan

Comment on Trousers with Reference Grid by Rebecca

Rebecca — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 07:42:26 +0000

I’m interested I helping with your project. I’m currently and engineering student at Charles Darwin university in Australia. I have some experience in Visual basic PIc and C+. I had a little break for 4 years after having babies and I’m starting again this year. I need an Honours project in a year or 2 and this has grabbed my attention as I love to sew and knit. Would love to hear from you

Regards
Rebecca

Comment on Video from 2011 Libre Graphics Meeting presentation in Montreal by Susan

Susan — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 04:42:23 +0000

Hi Laura!
Thanks for your awesome feedback. It’s always nice to hear from someone who’s totally interested.
Currently the software exists only as a library of functions that can be used to hand-program a pattern.
A GUI hasn’t been developed yet, so you should probably investigate some other options in the meantime.
Wild Ginger is good. And have you looked at PatternMaker software?
http://www.patternmakerusa.com/products/macrogen/

Happy Holidays to you, and thanks for your encouragement
Susan

Comment on Video from 2011 Libre Graphics Meeting presentation in Montreal by Laura

Laura — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 20:00:34 +0000

Hi, Susan~
I just discovered your open-source clothing pattern application page while searching for an inexpensive product. It looks like you may have lost steam (!) on the development, based on your lack of posts here on the blog….My hope is that you are still moving forward and will have a workable product available soon…? Will the application be available to the home sewist? That’s my hope!

Please reply as to the status of your project…If it will be available to me anytime soon, I will save my money and not purchase Wild Ginger, or similar

Best of luck to you, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Laura

Comment on My Wacom ‘Bamboo Fun Pen and Touch’ installed on Ubuntu by R. Mansur

R. Mansur — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 10:56:42 +0000

I bought the Wacom Bamboo Pen to aide me with my studies. I am currently a student and primarily use Microsoft OneNote to help in my notetaking. This is the most convenient for me as most of my professors utilize Microsoft PowerPoint for their lecture slides. I needed a tablet to use with my Windows 7 PC and laptop to further improve my ability to take notes and work out practice problems electronically.

When it came to installation, it was plug and play for the most part. I am running Windows 7 which comes with Tablet PC components by default. The only additional software needed was the Wacom Pen Tablet Properties software. The software allows a great deal of customization including handedness, pen vs. mouse mode, and many others.

When it comes to usage, it works as expected. Utilizing a tablet can be difficult at first like learning all new things, but I started noticing my dexterity improve over time. As stated previously, I mostly use it for notetaking and working out problems and it serves its purpose well. The only gripe I have is that it is sometimes easy to accidentally hit the side buttons on the pen as they are really soft and easy to push, but I changed the way I hold the pen to compensate for that.

Now as far as reliability, I have noticed the pen has started to malfunction. I bought the pen on 11/28/09 and the pen started malfunctioning on approximately 12/5/2009. After a restart, the Pen Tablet Properties software will not load at all. This makes the whole tablet completely functionless and unable to respond to taps. When I check Device and Printers in the control panel, there are no problems detected with the tablet. The only way to resolve the issue is to reinstall the driver, which is a pain because it must be done after every restart. I have posted on the Wacom EU support forums and searched for solutions but have not come up with anything satisfactoy as of yet. I am contemplating returning the Bamboo Pen before it is too late to do so and just saving up for a better (albeit more expensive) tablet.

Update on 12/13/2009:
I may have found a fix to the issue. What I did was unplug the tablet, uninstall the Pen tablet properties software, and remove the tablet from ‘Devices’ in control panel. I then reinstalled the Pen tablet properties software first, and then plugged back in the tablet. It may be crucial to install the software prior to plugging in the tablet so that Windows 7 installs Wacom’s drivers instead of the ones that come preinstalled. The tablet appears to be working as it should now. I will keep Amazon informed about any new issues that may arise with the tablet.
Updated score: 3.5/5

Comment on Trousers with Reference Grid by Susan

Susan — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:42:03 +0000

Hey John,
What type of patterns are you creating? Are they for clothing, or routing, etc?
- Susan

Comment on Trousers with Reference Grid by John

John — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:09:26 +0000

Hi
Nice work with the patterns. I needed a little help on how to design patterna expecially with Inkscape, can you help me.

Comment on Trousers with Reference Grid by Marina

Marina — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 21:33:30 +0000

Thank you for your answer, I will watch your presentation, and I will try the extension. If I shall have problems, I send you an email.

Comment on Trousers with Reference Grid by Susan

Susan — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 01:23:15 +0000

Marina,
Please watch my presentation at Libre Graphics. It’s almost an hour long, and you may need a translator.
In the video I show the process to create an extension in Inkscape, and some of the initial programming methods used to create a pattern.
It took me months to find all the info required to create an extension, so the 53 minute video is worth watching. The Inkscape website doesn’t have all this information in one place.

Send me lots of email if you have questions – keep in touch, and you’ll be creating your own patterns soon!
susan -Dot- spencer – AT – gmail -Dot- com

- Susan

Comment on Trousers with Reference Grid by Marina

Marina — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 21:38:37 +0000

I found your blog, looking for a site about sewing and Inkscape.
I’m italian, and I am a mod of an italian forum about Inkscape: http://www.inkscapeforum.it/
I like sewing, and I like making sewing patterns, that I make drawing them, and then redrawing with Inkscape.
I thought that nobody was interested making patterns with Inkscape, as told me Brynn in Inkscapeforum.com.
I’m glad to see that isn’t true.
I’m interested to understand how to use the extension for Inkscape, and if it is better to use it with Linux, as I think.

Comment on Working on the next thing . . . by Susan

Susan — Fri, 13 May 2011 20:11:59 +0000

Hi Laurence,
I have just presented to LGM an example of creating an Inkscape extension to do what you have described.
This information & the actual code will be posted to my website within the next few day, probably over the weekend.
Glad you have an interest in teaching programming as well.
There is momentum to this aspect of the project, so you may hear more about teaching math & programming through Inkscape in the near future.

- Susan

Comment on Working on the next thing . . . by Laurence Veron-Dor

Laurence Veron-Dor — Fri, 13 May 2011 14:44:08 +0000

I would be very interested to have an application like yours for my teddy-bear patterns web site.
I need to transform a basic sketch into a simple pattern, measure the seems and add the seem allowance.
I try to learn python myself and often use Inkscape and Gimp.
I would like to offer such a tool to the visitors of my website, so I’ll keep an eye on your project.
I also teach computer to teenagers (and others), so such a programm would be nice for a fashion-design class.
Good luck !

Comment on My Wacom ‘Bamboo Fun Pen and Touch’ installed on Ubuntu by Navarro L. Parker

Navarro L. Parker — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 05:38:01 +0000

Just bought one of these. I think it’s going to replace my Intuos 4, believe it or not. It’s Pen & multi-touch gestures in one surface. It gives me all the touchpad funtions of pinch zoom & rotate, two finger 360° scroll, and back/forward swipes that’s far more intuitive than the Intuos 4 ipod wheel. Plus all the pressure sensitive goodness when I switch to pen. At $85, it’s a perfect tablet for anyone.

Works out of the box with Photoshop CS4′s pressure sensitivity, plus pinch zoom, 360 scrolling and OpenGL canvas rotation. Pen’s second button defaults to the hand tool in PS, which is very handy. Supports two finger back/forward swipes in Safari. Inkwell support too. Tablet buttons are configurable too. You can toggle Touch on and off, or disable it completely.

It’s like having a jumbo laptop trackpad on your desk. Plus it has the famous Wacom pressure sensitive pen whenever you need it. The only downside is it the size. With a 6×4 active area, it’s probably a little small for someone who works on a tablet all day. (I would be very surprised if the Intuos 5 won’t have multi-touch also)

It’s terrific for the times you occasionally need pen input (Photoshop, ZBrush, etc) or need to pack a full function tablet into your laptop bag. I highly recommend it.