# Grids/Guides

# Bobbin Lace - Circular Ground From Template

Source of documentation: [https://d-bl.github.io/inkscape-bobbinlace/Ground-from-Template](https://d-bl.github.io/inkscape-bobbinlace/Ground-from-Template)

[![grafik.png](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/b8KOvGaQQe2WHCQO-grafik.png)](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/b8KOvGaQQe2WHCQO-grafik.png)

## Example Output

[![grafik.png](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/CgADI4AgQxHp4a6u-grafik.png)](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/CgADI4AgQxHp4a6u-grafik.png)

See also

- [Bobbin Lace - Regular Grid](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/books/fablab-chemnitz/page/bobbin-lace-regular-grid)
- [Bobbin Lace - Ground From Template](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/books/fablab-chemnitz/page/bobbin-lace-ground-from-template)
- [Bobbin Lace - Polar Grid](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/books/fablab-chemnitz/page/bobbin-lace-polar-grid)

# Bobbin Lace - Ground From Template

Source of documentation: [https://d-bl.github.io/inkscape-bobbinlace/Ground-from-Template](https://d-bl.github.io/inkscape-bobbinlace/Ground-from-Template)

Nice to have: good templates from [https://tesselace.com/tools/inkscape-extension](https://tesselace.com/tools/inkscape-extension/)

[![grafik.png](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/vKZYYezHKMDaxwd4-grafik.png)](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/vKZYYezHKMDaxwd4-grafik.png) [![grafik.png](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/ttuGhoFTzKApl48K-grafik.png)](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/ttuGhoFTzKApl48K-grafik.png)

See also

- [Bobbin Lace - Regular Grid](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/books/fablab-chemnitz/page/bobbin-lace-regular-grid)
- [Bobbin Lace - Circular Ground From Template](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/books/fablab-chemnitz/page/bobbin-lace-circular-ground-from-template)
- [Bobbin Lace - Polar Grid](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/books/fablab-chemnitz/page/bobbin-lace-polar-grid)

# Bobbin Lace - Polar Grid

Source of documentation: [https://d-bl.github.io/inkscape-bobbinlace/Polar-Grids](https://d-bl.github.io/inkscape-bobbinlace/Polar-Grids)

[![grafik.png](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/P3FJPxgAZfx4qNAd-grafik.png)](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/P3FJPxgAZfx4qNAd-grafik.png)

## Example Output

[![grafik.png](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/qatIGoRurN4IyfPd-grafik.png)](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/qatIGoRurN4IyfPd-grafik.png)

See also

- [Bobbin Lace - Regular Grid](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/books/fablab-chemnitz/page/bobbin-lace-regular-grid)
- [Bobbin Lace - Circular Ground From Template](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/books/fablab-chemnitz/page/bobbin-lace-circular-ground-from-template)
- [Bobbin Lace - Ground From Template](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/books/fablab-chemnitz/page/bobbin-lace-ground-from-template)

# Bobbin Lace - Regular Grid

Source of documentation: [https://d-bl.github.io/inkscape-bobbinlace/Regular-Grids](https://d-bl.github.io/inkscape-bobbinlace/Regular-Grids)

[![grafik.png](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/M8VT24kXVhWhU9fg-grafik.png)](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/M8VT24kXVhWhU9fg-grafik.png)

## Example Output

[![grafik.png](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/xxYntH5Y5Jz6jBXW-grafik.png)](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/xxYntH5Y5Jz6jBXW-grafik.png)

See also

- [Bobbin Lace - Circular Ground From Template](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/books/fablab-chemnitz/page/bobbin-lace-circular-ground-from-template)
- [Bobbin Lace - Ground From Template](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/books/fablab-chemnitz/page/bobbin-lace-ground-from-template)
- [Bobbin Lace - Polar Grid](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/books/fablab-chemnitz/page/bobbin-lace-polar-grid)

# Card Layout Guides

[![grafik.png](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/11csBlZbsudFVJIG-grafik.png)](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/11csBlZbsudFVJIG-grafik.png)

## Example Output

[![grafik.png](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/jDl15LkY0HTsrG64-grafik.png)](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/jDl15LkY0HTsrG64-grafik.png)

# Checkerboard

[![grafik.png](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/xD3ZzgLYYirrk3D2-grafik.png)](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/xD3ZzgLYYirrk3D2-grafik.png) [![grafik.png](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/dYIBc088rOxohZSG-grafik.png)](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/dYIBc088rOxohZSG-grafik.png) [![grafik.png](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/pmvw3VMj8P1xE4hh-grafik.png)](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/pmvw3VMj8P1xE4hh-grafik.png)

## Example Output

[![grafik.png](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/6DNBkDImLyqzX3o2-grafik.png)](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/6DNBkDImLyqzX3o2-grafik.png)

# Create Hexmap

<p class="callout info">See also [Hex Tiles](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/books/fablab-chemnitz/page/hex-tiles)</p>

[![grafik.png](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/3nwRnTqdG2VoySUb-grafik.png)](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/3nwRnTqdG2VoySUb-grafik.png) [![grafik.png](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/oPd9Z6q2F5e1AVDf-grafik.png)](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/oPd9Z6q2F5e1AVDf-grafik.png) [![grafik.png](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/4IR4x6BbifAL0gMY-grafik.png)](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/4IR4x6BbifAL0gMY-grafik.png) [![grafik.png](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/UVgsgj1oyFKOep6t-grafik.png)](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/UVgsgj1oyFKOep6t-grafik.png) [![grafik.png](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/7HqgsaQGdcLDc4Bk-grafik.png)](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/7HqgsaQGdcLDc4Bk-grafik.png)

## Example Output

[![grafik.png](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/Juhf9OBTXO6nrBdF-grafik.png)](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/Juhf9OBTXO6nrBdF-grafik.png) [![grafik.png](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/ZRB4JWnnbP2vKW9L-grafik.png)](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/ZRB4JWnnbP2vKW9L-grafik.png) [![grafik.png](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/OnV7rFngt4oyQyfv-grafik.png)](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/OnV7rFngt4oyQyfv-grafik.png)

# Hex Tiles

## [![grafik.png](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/BWdHzZbAYGZ3xUaJ-grafik.png)](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/BWdHzZbAYGZ3xUaJ-grafik.png)

## Example Output

[![grafik.png](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/2kIkgJFBDPM8hW5J-grafik.png)](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/2kIkgJFBDPM8hW5J-grafik.png)

# Insert Paper Template

[![grafik.png](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/fsrmlQlq4iRLY1il-grafik.png)](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/fsrmlQlq4iRLY1il-grafik.png)

## Example Output

[![grafik.png](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/RUTOXeYPpxfhxXZQ-grafik.png)](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/RUTOXeYPpxfhxXZQ-grafik.png)

# Label Guides

Source: [<span>https://github.com/johnbeard/inkscape-label-guides</span>](https://github.com/johnbeard/inkscape-label-guides)

[![grafik.png](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/hbKosmntn22DNeNb-grafik.png)](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/hbKosmntn22DNeNb-grafik.png) [![grafik.png](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/RVuRlRqE2jkYkvUJ-grafik.png)](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/RVuRlRqE2jkYkvUJ-grafik.png) [![grafik.png](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/M61Cak3zgiUf0wTE-grafik.png)](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/M61Cak3zgiUf0wTE-grafik.png) [![grafik.png](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/1wepPWq2wstx6cxT-grafik.png)](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/1wepPWq2wstx6cxT-grafik.png)

## Example Output

[![grafik.png](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/1TDSdsSZEkP3jXlK-grafik.png)](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/1TDSdsSZEkP3jXlK-grafik.png)

# Perspective Grid

[![grafik.png](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/SICB690JTbwAperE-grafik.png)](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/SICB690JTbwAperE-grafik.png)

## Example Output

[![grafik.png](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/rk3CXwFYtj6YQI3x-grafik.png)](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/rk3CXwFYtj6YQI3x-grafik.png)

# Remove Duplicate Guides

This extension removes guides which are identical (overlapping), means they have the same position and orientation. You can test it the following way:

## Draw some line and duplicate it using CTRL + D

[![grafik.png](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/UEhE3WIYHkO0Q9iL-grafik.png)](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/UEhE3WIYHkO0Q9iL-grafik.png)

## Check XML structure having 2 paths now

[![grafik.png](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/e3ZSBcawHQOeCRlu-grafik.png)](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/e3ZSBcawHQOeCRlu-grafik.png)

## Convert both paths to guides pressing SHIFT + G

[![grafik.png](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/lDbsdjAEdYtcr1zv-grafik.png)](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/lDbsdjAEdYtcr1zv-grafik.png) [![grafik.png](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/MBLJ8dkAevIcdWVu-grafik.png)](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/MBLJ8dkAevIcdWVu-grafik.png)

## Now run the extension

We will see that one guide was removed

[![grafik.png](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/2CCW2XAOGNIBuG2i-grafik.png)](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/2CCW2XAOGNIBuG2i-grafik.png)

# Triangular Grid

[![grafik.png](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/smoJjS3Htld38esS-grafik.png)](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/smoJjS3Htld38esS-grafik.png) [![grafik.png](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/gnJmjg5hIOnO4Ry8-grafik.png)](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/gnJmjg5hIOnO4Ry8-grafik.png) [![grafik.png](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/mud0pFfZV8tDmNNc-grafik.png)](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/mud0pFfZV8tDmNNc-grafik.png) [![grafik.png](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/XmRsuvkKFMBmIoaZ-grafik.png)](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/XmRsuvkKFMBmIoaZ-grafik.png) [![grafik.png](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/uB3aJbdLOGJleOld-grafik.png)](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/uB3aJbdLOGJleOld-grafik.png)

## Example Output

[![grafik.png](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/XIc3HBmbAuxy6EDN-grafik.png)](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/XIc3HBmbAuxy6EDN-grafik.png)

You can convert this to regular grid ("Objects to Guides") pressing SHIFT + G to get

[![grafik.png](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/T5QUVBTkWfCOi256-grafik.png)](https://wiki.stadtfabrikanten.org/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/T5QUVBTkWfCOi256-grafik.png)