i have two crossed segments. i need to add a node to each segments at the intersection point. then delete each half of the two segments to make a corner. is there a way to add these nodes exactly at the intersection point automatically?

i want to cut a segment at the intersection point with other segment.

cut path works with shape-vs-segment but not with segment-vs-segment. it deletes part of the cuted segment

this is how to do that in Illustrator
http://www.typophile.com/node/29981

can this be done in inkscape?

You can't do exactly what you want the way you are describing it. But it sounds like you may be wanting to use a path operation such as difference or exclusion or division.

Note that I think you might have posted the wrong link as an example. The linked page doesn't talk about adding nodes where two paths intersect as you've described.

microUgly wrote:The linked page doesn't talk about adding nodes where two paths intersect as you've described.

That's what I thought to start with, but in fact it's there at the end: the posts by Asvetic dated 27 April 2007 describe how to do it.