i have an .svg file that i need to flatten in order to use ink/stitch embroider program. all of these solid objects are layered one on top of the other. if i try and stitch that, it will try and stitch all the layers on top of each other which will not work. i know how to duplicate an item and subtract it from the item below. for instance, if i had one circle on top of a bigger circle. i could duplicate the small circle and subtract it from the big circle leaving me with a donut and a small circle.
is there a way to do this for an entire image at once? for instance the yellow eye. in order for that to be a single layer of stitching, i need to make a hole through the black outline, the pink outline, the white mask and anything below. i have to do this for all of the items. can i select the entire image and cut out anything below all the paths? i hope i am making sense.
I´m not sure understand your needs. Do you need say one shape per color and the white is transparent because it´s the fabric color? Given all colored parts a color filled shapes it would be Path->Union, but unfortunately is all a mix of strokes and shapes so this won´t work in first place.
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i have an .svg file that i need to flatten in order to use ink/stitch embroider program. all of these solid objects are layered one on top of the other. if i try and stitch that, it will try and stitch all the layers on top of each other which will not work. i know how to duplicate an item and subtract it from the item below. for instance, if i had one circle on top of a bigger circle. i could duplicate the small circle and subtract it from the big circle leaving me with a donut and a small circle.
is there a way to do this for an entire image at once? for instance the yellow eye. in order for that to be a single layer of stitching, i need to make a hole through the black outline, the pink outline, the white mask and anything below. i have to do this for all of the items. can i select the entire image and cut out anything below all the paths? i hope i am making sense.
I´m not sure understand your needs. Do you need say one shape per color and the white is transparent because it´s the fabric color? Given all colored parts a color filled shapes it would be Path->Union, but unfortunately is all a mix of strokes and shapes so this won´t work in first place.