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Title: Path>Intersection and Bezier Tool problem
Post by: David2145 on August 18, 2017, 08:28:45 AM

Well, I seem to be having a problem with the steps in a YouTube tutorial by Nick Saporito (Logosbynick.com). it's in his Vector Interlocking Rings tutotial. I'm pretty sure at the time the tut was released he was using Inkscape 0.48.

Around the 11:00 min mark in the tut he uses the Bezier Tool to draw a closed shape around a section of the intersection between the two rings. He then uses the Path>Intersection command to trim the shape to match the Bezier curve. However, when I attempt to do it, I get the curve of the ring matched on the left side but the right side of the resulting shape fills the Bezier curve instead of following the ring curve.

Hopefully the attached "before" and "after" files help explain the situation a little better.

Am I missing something, doing it wrong, or perhaps Inkscape 0.92.2 has a bug? Anyone else having a problem like this?

Title: Re: Path>Intersection and Bezier Tool problem
Post by: Lazur on August 18, 2017, 10:14:38 AM

Hi.

Haven't seen the video so just pointing to this article (https://forum.inkscapecommunity.com/index.php?action=articles;sa=view;article=30).
Can work with path intersection, although cloning and clipping is easier than that method.

Title: Re: Path>Intersection and Bezier Tool problem
Post by: Lazur on August 18, 2017, 10:50:53 AM

Ok, here is a quick one:
https://youtu.be/2xemT__1RNE

Title: Re: Path>Intersection and Bezier Tool problem
Post by: David2145 on August 18, 2017, 01:31:36 PM

Thanks Lazur. I'll give that a try.

Title: Re: Path>Intersection and Bezier Tool problem
Post by: brynn on August 18, 2017, 04:20:37 PM

Could you give a link to the tutorial you're talking about?

Title: Re: Path>Intersection and Bezier Tool problem
Post by: David2145 on August 19, 2017, 03:43:11 AM

Let me try.

Maybe this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bs2pKrakNc

Not real good doing this type of thing. Sorry.

David

Title: Re: Path>Intersection and Bezier Tool problem
Post by: Lazur on August 19, 2017, 06:11:03 AM

OK, whatched most of it.

Honestly speaking I have no idea how you achieved that result in your second image.
Selecting both and pressing Ctrl+* does the job.
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(On a side note the tutorial produces the "gap issue"-the background shows through the edges.)
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Title: Re: Path>Intersection and Bezier Tool problem
Post by: David2145 on August 19, 2017, 02:26:21 PM

Okay, I don't know what I did wrong, but I did finally get it to work correctly.

The only thing I found wrong was a bunch of tiny little lines/vectors on the inside of the "original" created ring. (The one that I was trying to "mask".) I guess the Bezier curve was picking those up some how when I tried to do the Path>Intersection function.

Thanks for y'alls help though. I do appreciate it.

David

Title: Re: Path>Intersection and Bezier Tool problem
Post by: David2145 on August 19, 2017, 02:38:31 PM

TA-DA!

Title: Re: Path>Intersection and Bezier Tool problem
Post by: brynn on August 20, 2017, 02:15:35 AM

 :clap1: