Cut out overlapping paths

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Genkboy
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Cut out overlapping paths

Postby Genkboy » Thu Mar 25, 2010 5:29 am

I'm trying to get this image ready for my cutter.. but only want to cut the paths that are visible with the eye or color differences..
I'm a total noob to Inkscape, and have no idea what I'm doing, so I apologize in advance.

I would also like the "TNT" text to follow the axes with the three dimensional box.. but not real concerned with that at the moment!

Any help is much appreciated!
Adam
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Genkboy
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Re: Cut out overlapping paths

Postby Genkboy » Thu Mar 25, 2010 8:04 am

I think I might have found the answer...

Select the "top" path. Duplicate it. Shift-Select the "bottom" path (you'll now have a copy of the top, and the original bottom selected). Do a path->difference. This is the auto-weeding operation - you now have two non-overlapping paths.


This was in another thread... I'm going to give it a shot.

Genkboy
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Re: Cut out overlapping paths

Postby Genkboy » Thu Mar 25, 2010 8:20 am

That was great advice! It worked!

Now, I have a couple annoying lines that I can't get to, in order to remove them. They are in the backside of that box. You can't see them through the file, but my cutting software can.??
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Any ideas?
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pbureau
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Re: Cut out overlapping paths

Postby pbureau » Thu Mar 25, 2010 8:25 am

Could you better explain what you mean by "to cut the paths that are visible with the eye or color differences." ?

Pierre


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