Draw rectangle,
"Object to path"
Click a side of the rectangle
"insert new nodes"
"insert new nodes"
position as needed,
"split path between nodes"

Or

Draw a rectangle,
draw a shape that defines the chunk of the wall to be missing,
"Path/Difference"
then edit path by nodes,
then split path,
then delete nodes as needed.

-----Original Message-----
From: inkscape-user-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net
[mailto:inkscape-user-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net]On Behalf Of Paul
Smith
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 3:46 PM
To: Inkscape User Community
Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] Removing part of the line that defines
arectangle


Thanks, Aaron. Your first method works if one wants to remove the
entire line. But imagine that one wants to remove only a little bit of
the line (not the entire line). Can it be done without the Bezier
tool?

Paul


On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 10:27 PM, Aaron Elmquist <ironranger@...155...> wrote:
> Convert the object to a path. Swith to the node tool and select the nodes on
> the line you want to delete. Use the break apart comand to make two nodes at
> the corners, select the line, and delete.
>
> It might be faster to re-draw the 3 sides you want with bezeir tool and
> snapping and deleting the rectangle after.
>
> Note: You cant fill an object that is not closed.
>
> On 8/18/08, Paul Smith <phhs80@...155...> wrote:
>>
>> Dear All,
>>
>> Given a rectangle, how to remove a piece of the its line?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> Paul
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