
Layers (lock and/or hide individual layers, rearrange them, etc layers can form a hierarchical tree).Grouping objects (“select in group” without ungrouping, or “enter the group” making it a temporary layer).

Z-order operations (raising and lowering).Transformations (moving, scaling, rotating, skewing), both interactively and by specifying exact numeric values.Clones (“live” linked copies of objects), including a tool to create patterns and arrangements of clones.Embedded bitmaps (with a command to create and embed bitmaps of selected objects).Text tool (multi-line text, full on-canvas editing).Shape tools: rectangles (may have rounded corners), ellipses (includes circles, arcs, segments), stars/polygons (can be rounded and/or randomized), spirals.Drawing: pencil tool (freehand drawing with simple paths), pen tool (creating Bézier curves and straight lines), calligraphy tool (freehand drawing using filled paths representing calligraphic strokes).When it opens, run command below to add the PPA: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:inkscape. Just open terminal from the Dash or by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard.

Since Ubuntu repositories provide the old 0.48 release, Inkscape 0.91 (renamed from ver 0.49) is available in its official PPA repository for Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 15.04, and Linux Mint 17/17.1. How to Install or Upgrade Inkscape in Ubuntu: millimetersįor a full list of changes, see this page. support for real world document and page size units, e.g.improved support for Corel DRAW documents, Visio importer.symbol library and support for Visio stencils.

