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

30 Apr 2016

      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
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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
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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

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