Hello,

I have a complex path that represents a rope :


I would like to do something like auto-intersection on it, so that all intersected parts appears as independant pieces of paths.
Then I could delete the path that are supposed to be under the rope, giving the impression it is plain.

Do you know how to do that ?
Thanks in advance,

Raphael

Welcome Raphael!

I've been waiting for someone else to answer this, because I don't know of any quick way to do it. There is Path menu > Path Effects Editor > Knots, which might work. But I've been frustrated using it, and couldn't give you any tips. Theoretically, it should work, and here's the manual info http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL ... -Knot.html

The only sure answer I can give is to use node editing, which will take some time and patience.

OH! Darn it, I'm always forgetting about the Eraser tool. Use Cut Out mode. Unfortunately, it's a little buggy, and I can't always get it to work.