Hi guys,

did I missed anything? 🤷‍♂️

How can I create an LPE boolean effect with Inkscape 1.4 if I can't select more than two shapes at the time? 🤷‍♂️

Very confused... 🤔

Thanks... 🙏

Add the path effect once more for each additional shape. This example combines three shapes.

Hi @Paddy_CAD thanks...

Maybe I am doing the steps wrongly, this is what I understood:

1. Create a path or an object
2. Apply the LPE "Boolean operation"
3. Create a second path or a second object
4. Apply the LPE "Boolean operation" to the second shape
5. Overlap shape 1 and shape 2
6. See the effect

Those steps do not produce any result on my end.

🤷

Can you share your file so I can inspect it?

Thanks... 🙏

Similar concept:

I already shared my file. Download the image from #2 above.

Draw three shapes: A, B and C
Select and copy shape B.
Select shape A. Apply the boolean LPE and [Link to shape].
Select and copy shape C.
Select shape A. Apply the boolean LPE again and [Link to shape].

COD

Similar concept:

Wow ! works like a charm on complex patterns with many colors : a good alternative to multiple boolean operations extension (wonky, to me). The ingredients for a future "pattern > flatten" ? 

Something has definitely improved in v1.4.2.  It was very difficult to do that in 1.3.2. I would end up with artifacts outside of the cutting object that I would have to break apart and delete. If I broke it apart then everything would go black fill. 

Yes indeed - you can intersect complex objects with different colors now. Maybe we are very close to a simple "Pattern>Flatten"?   

Now I get it, it is totally counter intuitive and cumbersome... 😵

Booleans always confuse me. That is why I jumped up in joy when Inkscape introduced the Shape Builder tool.