Damn, it's sad he abandoned the project. One of my current boss is also going to Google in Switzerland at the end of this year :(
I think it's great, like you said, for the nice curves that this library can make. Too bad it's not licens-able for commercial.

But well, Spiro is not the only thing that can do nice curves...
Thanks for the reply :)

I don't know if it is the same source code but these curves look like Bezier curves in Blender. I'm pretty sure they are limited to 2d planar drawing then extruded or swept into the third dimension.


http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:Manual/Modeling/Curves

ch

Hi unclecharlie,

> I don't know if it is the same source code but these
> curves look like Bezier curves in Blender.

No, they're not really the same - if you look closely you should notice some differences between how Spiro curves work and how Bezier curves in Blender work. Specifically Spiro curves are controlled by a set of points on the curve and don't have those tangent handle things that the old-style Bezier curve editing has.

- Michael

The funny of SPiro shown on the escape video
is how is managed the control!
On an external rectangle curve :)

Hi Pilou,

> The funny of SPiro shown on the escape video
> is how is managed the control!
> On an external rectangle curve :)

You mean for controlling the width of the shape? I think that's a feature of Inkscape for applying a pattern to follow a curve, that part does not have any specific relation to Spiro, Spiro is used there for the centerline curve.

I hope to be able to have something similar to that pattern-applying stuff with some of the deformation tools that I want to work on for v3.

- Michael

< with some of the deformation tools that I want to work on for v3.
cool :)

Hi DesuDeus

thanks for the hint to Spiro Curves. Nice tutorial.
Could be a really nice improvement for upcomming releases.

A simple D with "spiro" and a star for "pattern along path"

Spiro curves are quite cool!

Mr.T

FYI:
You can do a "copy and paste" from Inkscape to Corel or Illustrator.

"Spiro Curves for MoI!!!!!"

Thanks for the tip BurrMan, I wouldn't have tough of trying this.

It also works in xara.

Marc

Great tip BurrMan, much appreciated! Works for me under OSX with an old copy of Canvas 9 too :-)

Regards
Stefan