Hello, I used a box making site to create a svg file (boxes.py). My goal is to cut it out with a laser but I want to change few things. One issue im having is that I want to delete one side of the box but when i try to delete one node it deletes the entire toothed part of the image. I've attached pictures to make more sense. I want to cut out the yellow portion and the purple portion in the red box. I cant seem to get rid of the green scratched out area without deleting the entire toothed part. thank you and hope this makes sense
Check what you have explicit selected with the Node tool at the Status Bar and you need to to break the path or get rid of segments between node by clicking the corresponding buttons at the tool bar.
If it´s still refuses to work please consider uploading an example file.
So I have managed to do it. I honestly don't know how. Because breaking the path would delete all the lines in the image. The nodes would be left and I could delete one by one but I would have to draw a line again for every single node. I noticed each node had a diamond shape, square shape, circle shape and triangle. Maybe I was clicking the wrong one? Anyways thank you for advice.
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Hello, I used a box making site to create a svg file (boxes.py). My goal is to cut it out with a laser but I want to change few things. One issue im having is that I want to delete one side of the box but when i try to delete one node it deletes the entire toothed part of the image. I've attached pictures to make more sense. I want to cut out the yellow portion and the purple portion in the red box. I cant seem to get rid of the green scratched out area without deleting the entire toothed part. thank you and hope this makes sense
Check what you have explicit selected with the Node tool at the Status Bar and you need to to break the path or get rid of segments between node by clicking the corresponding buttons at the tool bar.
If it´s still refuses to work please consider uploading an example file.
So I have managed to do it. I honestly don't know how. Because breaking the path would delete all the lines in the image. The nodes would be left and I could delete one by one but I would have to draw a line again for every single node. I noticed each node had a diamond shape, square shape, circle shape and triangle. Maybe I was clicking the wrong one? Anyways thank you for advice.
Breaking nodes is only needed on a closed path otherwise it will stay as a loop which might not be be wanted.