Hi,

I thought my question already should have been answered somewhere, probably will. But have not been able to found it anywhere.
For a lasercutter i need a path (line) which is the outline of some rectangles, lines and circles i have combine into one shape.



Any help is appreciated !

Cheers,
Peter

Hi.

Guessing you are after converting strokes (or stroke of the compound path for that matter) to paths (Ctrl+Alt+C) then making a union (Ctrl++).

Hi Lazur,

Yes you are correct, those are strokes (verified it, i am not to familiar with all the terms)
Tried that an got this;

Think i found the correct solution here..
viewtopic.php?t=15264

The previous mentioned topic helped me out. Followed the following steps to get the outline for the combined strokes

* Selected all objects (Ctrl + A) and ungrouped the selection (Ctrl + Shift + G)
* Selected all objects (Ctrl + A), select and choose from toolbar "Join selected nodes"
* Then select from same "Edit paths by nodes" (F2) in toolbar "Break path at selected nodes"
* Convert Stroke to Paths from Path > Stroke to Path (Ctrl+Alt+C)
* select and choose from toolbar "Join selected nodes"
* select Path > Union (Ctrl++)
* Change in Fill and Stroke, the fill to No Paint
* Change stroke paint color and stroke style

Mmmh- I got this in 4 steps - no?

Cheers
P.

^
great illustration !