Druban - I did try it and it worked great! It leaves a huge amount of nodes but I learned how to erase them. Thanks for the excellent graphic demonstration. Brynn - Thanks for the info on the 'break apart' option. I knew there were some kind of option like that to join the nodes but had no clue wher...

I got it! So after reading through the manual for a few hours, I figured out how to use the erase function. I now realize there are 2 modes with the eraser - eraser touch mode, and eraser cut-out mode. The touch mode will erase the whole object it touches, the cut-out mode will erase just the line t...

I am new to Inkscape but am vaguely familiar with it (I used Illustrator back in high school). But I am having some trouble with a few simple things. With this image I would simply like to separate a portion of this image http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/80/inkscape.png ......to look like this (do...