Hi,

How to simplify only part of a path ?

After tracing I got areas that are way too complex (too many nodes). Can I simplify them without touching other nodes ?

Thank you

Hi.

I guess you have to do some work to get it your way. Here's mine suggestion:

• Find one node that delimits the part of the path that you want to simplify.
• Select that node and do a "Split path at selected node"
• If you have another node that delimits the part of the path, then do the some for that one too.
• Select the clipped path and hit Shift+Ctrl+K so that the parts of the paths separates.
• Now when you have separate paths, you can do the simplifying to one or more parts of the path (now several independent paths)
• When done with simplifying, select two of the paths that "touches" each other.
• Shift to and draw a rectangle around the two endnodes (looks like one, but have same coordinates)
• Use the tool "Join selected nodes". This makes two independed paths into one complete path.
• Repeat the procedure for the remaining independed paths
• Done. Result is a single path.

a little bit overcomplicated no ?

I preferred to vote for this feature request

https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/170441

That sounds difficult because Grobe detailed step by step quite precisely. But in fact, you just have to split te path, simplify only one piece of it, then re-combine the parts. That's all.

But that's true that the simplify tool could be enhanced anyway.

Hi.

I just voted on that feature request. Weird to see that it was first mentioned in late 2004, and now seven and a half year later, no progress.

v1nce. Wasn't it a bit rude to claim me being over complicated? You asked for a way to do it and I gave you the answer. What do you expect?

Grobe wrote:Wasn't it a bit rude to claim me being over complicated? You asked for a way to do it and I gave you the answer. What do you expect?

This may be a case where the language translation leaves a little more to be desired. The way I comprehend v1nce's comment, is that the Inkscape process is complicated, rather than your explanation being complicated.

brynn wrote:

Grobe wrote:Wasn't it a bit rude to claim me being over complicated? You asked for a way to do it and I gave you the answer. What do you expect?

This may be a case where the language translation leaves a little more to be desired. The way I comprehend v1nce's comment, is that the Inkscape process is complicated, rather than your explanation being complicated.

You're likely to have right. Then it turns off that I'm the one that seems to be a bit rude.
Sorry for that

No worries! We can't take seriously words that might sound any particular way, because of the result of the translation. I seem to recall that v1nce....well, at least uses Inkscape in the French language (whether speaks French natively, I don't know). So perhaps French to English, then English to....Grobe's language (not sure about that either, lol) could make fertile grounds for a mistranslation.

Anyway, with patience and flexibility, we move towards greater understanding

You're likely to have right. Then it turns off that I'm the one that seems to be a bit rude.
Sorry for that

I'll accept your apologies if you accept mines.
I'm sorry for not being clear. I really meant the process is overcomplicated (I do expect something like 'select nodes + ctrl + L', so that's why I was a little disappointed)
Your explanations were not overcomplicated they were just well detailed so that anybody could follow them.
I'd really apreciated the efforts you put in making them. keep up the good work.