Missing an old feature using vertices

[bazooka]

Thanks for the links guys - Mr. Puzzles showed me something new (again) and oort's tip on importing shapes from pdf to inkscape is also very useful .. but its not what I'm after - it was an early version of wings, and the guy that started the first ODF showed me what he'd done and I found it really useful as you could just click along drawing a winged edge behind you. Some simple extrusions on the faces formed gave you useful stuff. Perhaps Mr. Puzzles remembers it?