In Inkscape 0.47pre there is a new extension 'Generate from Path > Scatter…' that does 'Pattern along Path' without deforming the pattern.
See also <http://math.univ-lille1.fr/~barraud/Inkscape/pathdeform/>: "…the path is not deformed: it is just stamped along the second path. "
In Inkscape 0.47pre there is a new extension 'Generate from Path > Scatter…' that does 'Pattern along Path' without deforming the pattern.
See also <http:// math.univ- lille1. fr/~barraud/ Inkscape/ pathdeform/>:
"…the path is not deformed: it is just stamped along the second path. "