On Thu, 13 Oct 2005, Adam Porter wrote:
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 01:13:03 -0500 From: Adam Porter <adam@...1190...> Reply-To: inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net To: inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Inkscape-user] Cropping an object?
I'm trying to make a little logo/startup screen/wallpaper. I've attached an example which should make it clear what I'm trying to do. I need to make the swirl disappear behind Tux. What I'm thinking (coming from raster editing) is to crop the swirl at the points where it and Tux meet. I can't find a way to do this. I've tried editing the nodes, but moving one node changes the whole shape of the swirl.
I am not entirely sure what you mean but you can use a viewbox for the equivalent of cropping (although masking would be a more accurate description) but you would probably need to do a lot of manual editing of the SVG to achieve it. Using Inkscape as it is now the easiest approach would probably be to turn the swirl into a pattern and put that into whatever object or path you want.
Is there any way to divide an object into two parts with a line? Is there a way to do what I'm thinking? Any ideas at all?
If I understand you correctly the boolean operations should be able to give you the cutting away you want if you play around with them.
Sincerely
Alan Horkan
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