hey all!

is there a way to separate a curve into different sections based on their angle/tangent? I'm trying to design embroidery for cutowrk needles and they come in 0, 45, 90 and 135 angle varients, and need to separate the curve into sections to be cut by said needles. Is there an extension/way to do it?

explanatory-ish images of what i need to do are attached

Cheers! TIA!

Can be done manually with these settings : 

Edit>Preferences>Behaviour>Step set to 45 deg

Snap enabled, snap to path enabled.

Holding the Ctrl key whilst drawing with the pen tool with straight line sequence enabled on the command bar.

This will constrain the lines to 45 deg angle increments.

In fact, perhaps snap to path is not needed if you are doing it by eye to an imported bitmap.

Thanks! But im looking to keep the original curve shape, and just cut it at points where their angle changes beyond the 45° limit the dashed lines are just to show what angle the edges are closes to, I'm looking to convert the black path to the colourful pieces.

Hi Lily.  I think inklinea has the right idea, especially if you combine it with snapping.  Trace your curve with a path constrained to 45° angles.  Then use this path to cut the curve into pieces that can be individually coloured and styled.

This is exactly what I needed! Thank you so much! 💜

Thank you so much. I was looking for the solution for same problem and go it. Again thanks to all.