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Beginners' Questions Path difference gives closed (looped) path
  1. #1
    inkuzer inkuzer @inkuzer

    Can't find in settings there to turn off path closing on Path Difference boolean operation

  2. #2
    Tyler Durden Tyler Durden @TylerDurden

    I rekon that's how it works... I'd use Cut path and delete the unwanted portion.

  3. #3
    inkuzer inkuzer @inkuzer

    But if the lower path is unclosed at start you get closed at finish,
    And i'm sure that this was not the case before.

  4. #4
    Polygon Polygon @Polygon🌶

    Boolean OPs are "spape" based in 2D and 3D.

    Can you otherwise show a before and what you expect after Path->Difference from your objects?

  5. #5
    inkuzer inkuzer @inkuzer
    *

    here is it in attachment

  6. #6
    Polygon Polygon @Polygon🌶

    You still don´t share what you like to have as a result - just showing what every SVG editor does with Boolean Subtract/Difference on opened Path like here in Affinity Designer and Vectornator representative for other:

     

    And here in Inkscape with shapes:

  7. #7
    Tyler Durden Tyler Durden @TylerDurden

    I don't recall it ever working differently than this.

    Here is v. 0.92.x

    My experience has been: division makes closed paths, CUT makes open paths.

  8. #8
    inkuzer inkuzer @inkuzer

    Well... looks like it works only with shapes, not strokes

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