Re: [Inkscape-user] combine paths within a group

-- Mc On 04/30/2016 06:08 PM, Brynn wrote: > Thanks Maren. > > Ok yeah, that's much better. But newly drawn objects are always on top. If > you're going to add a new path to anything, it's going to be on top. > > As an "ordinary" or non-technical Inkscape user, it totally doesn't make > sense that you have to move the path to the bottom, to avoid breaking up the > group. > > Does anyone know a faster way to add a path to a group, besides having > groups of groups of groups? Is there any way to draw a new path where it > gets automatically added to the bottom? > > I know I could cut, enter the group, and paste in place. But combine is so > much faster. But move to the bottom and then combine isn't much faster. > > Thanks again, > brynn > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Maren Hachmann" <maren@...3112...> > Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2016 7:49 AM > To: inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] combine paths within a group > >> Hi Brynn, >> >> as with all the Boolean operations, the result depends on the stacking >> order. Try moving the path you want to add to the group to the bottom >> first. For me, that works. >> >> I'm not sure if this can be considered a bug... The stacking order is >> the established way to tell Inkscape how to combine/subtract/etc. objects. >> >> Kind regards, >> Maren >> >> Am 30.04.2016 um 14:35 schrieb Brynn: >>> Hi Friends, >>> I needed to add some new paths to existing paths which were in a >>> group. And I hate nested groups. So rather than group the new path with >>> the original group, I decided to combine the new paths with one of the >>> paths >>> inside the group. And I found that combining the new paths to the paths >>> inside the group, removed the new compound path from the group. Should >>> that >>> happen? >>> Steps: >>> 1 -- create 3 paths (or create 1 and duplicate twice) >>> 2 -- place the 3 paths side by side (with or without space between) >>> 3 -- group those 3 paths >>> 4 -- draw a new path >>> 5 -- drag it over beside the left path >>> 6 -- with the Node tool, select the left path and the new path >>> 7 -- Path menu > Combine >>> 8 -- deselect all >>> 9 -- switch to Selection tool and select the group >>> >>> Notice that the original Group of 3 is now a Group of 2. The >>> newly >>> created compound path has been ejected from the Group. The same thing >>> happens if you enter the group before combining. Should that happen? >>> I don't know why Inkscape should assume that I don't want this >>> new >>> path in the group anymore. I can't say for a fact that this is different >>> behavior than in the past. But it seems like it is. >>> If this is expected, why? If not, this is on Windows 7, 64-bit, >>> sp1, with Inkscape 0.91, 32-bit (exe installer) and 64-bit (7z version). >>> Should be reported? >>> >>> Thank you very much :-) >>> brynn >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> Find and fix application performance issues faster with Applications >>> Manager >>> Applications Manager provides deep performance insights into multiple >>> tiers of >>> your business applications. It resolves application problems quickly and >>> reduces your MTTR. Get your free trial! >>> https://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/302982198;130105516;z >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Inkscape-user mailing list >>> Inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user >>> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Find and fix application performance issues faster with Applications >> Manager >> Applications Manager provides deep performance insights into multiple >> tiers of >> your business applications. It resolves application problems quickly and >> reduces your MTTR. Get your free trial! >> https://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/302982198;130105516;z >> _______________________________________________ >> Inkscape-user mailing list >> Inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Find and fix application performance issues faster with Applications Manager > Applications Manager provides deep performance insights into multiple tiers of > your business applications. It resolves application problems quickly and > reduces your MTTR. Get your free trial! > https://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/302982198;130105516;z > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-user mailing list > Inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user >