Cut out JUST the curved line!

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oracus
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Cut out JUST the curved line!

Postby oracus » Mon May 18, 2009 8:23 pm

Hello people!

I discover a very annoying disfunction on Inkscape and I really can't complete my project without

solving it.

So, I have a big black rentagle for instance. Now with the bezier tool I draw a curved red line on

on top of that because I want to make a 'hole' with the shape of the red line. Unfortunately

Inkscape can't do that and instead takes out the line and the area between the two edges of the

line. Do you know what I mean ? Is there a way to leave just the shape of the line?
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EarlyBlake
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Re: Cut out JUST the curved line!

Postby EarlyBlake » Mon May 18, 2009 8:25 pm

Do a convert stroke to path, Cntl Alt C then do the path operation. convert is under the path menu also. The red path is a on open path. Inkscape close paths before it does most path operation.

oracus
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Re: Cut out JUST the curved line!

Postby oracus » Tue May 19, 2009 4:53 am

THAT's IT! Thanks a bunch my friend, you made my day!


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