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I've been trying to design something for laser cutting and couldn't figure out how to create an indent of a rectangle. Any ideas would be appreciated!
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Click on the rectangle tool then drag your mouse over the canvas to draw the shape. Now go to the Fill & Stroke panel. With the rectangle selected (just click it once to select), on the Fill tab select a colour of your choice. Now click the Stroke tab, and select a colour again.
You can add nodes anywhere on a path by either double clicking or by Ctrl + Alt + click at the desired location. You can delete nodes with Del or Ctrl + Alt + click .
I am not exactly sure what you mean. Is it something like this?
If it is, here is how to do (or any other indent):
Draw your rectangle with the Create Rectangles and Squares tool. Transform it to a path (Path > Object to Path). You will loose the special properties of the Rectangle tool (F4) (you won't have the vertical rounding button any more) but now you'll be able to edit the object with the Edit paths by nodes tool (F2). Select this tool and your rectangle. You will see four nodes. To create a dent like in the picture you need more nodes:
Click the upper connecting line of the rectangle (step 1 in image below) and click the Insert new nodes into selected segments button (step 2) (be aware that you will only see this button when you select the Edit paths by nodes tool)
After, simply drag one node "inside" the rectangle (step 1 in image below). To get a round shape experiment for example with the Make selected nodes symmetric or the other buttons. You will notice little handles attached to the node, drag them around.
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