sorry again. i tried to follow your steps and also work with the file you attached and it doesn't work for me. any simpler way?

Sorry, it doesn't work. I start with rects.svg and end up with rects2.svg (both attached). in the latter, the page seems to be empty, but there's an empty clip in it.

I have two rectangles, no fill (because I want the background to show through). One is shifted down and left. How can I make the parts that are "inside" the other rectangle hidden? So that if I reposition, they appear again?

Hi,

I'm a newbie, so forgive me if my question is too stupid.

I drew a cylinder (drew an ellipse and two lines) and a rectangle. I moved the ellipse over one side of the rectangle and I want it to hide the line it is over. How can I do that? attached.

Regards,
Ittay