The shortcut for join is Shift+J its just a bit quicker rather than clicking the join icon.
If you are not sure where the gaps are ( you can usually tell from the odd fill pattern anyway ), you can select the whole shape and choose Path>Break apart, the path will break into individual pieces at any point that the nodes are not joined. The shortcut for this is to repeatedly hit Ctrl+Shift+K.
Path Combine doesn't join the nodes, it just combines the path as a single statement.
A combined path can be several lines which are not touching.
All the lines / curves in that path will have the same stroke and fill settings.
If you were to think of those old fashioned 'turtle' robots ( we had one at school in the 80s ) or a cnc plotter.
They run on commands like 'move to' - 'pen down' - 'move to' - 'pen up' to draw on sheets of paper. Some times they are moving with the 'pen up' so nothing is drawn, I suppose a combined path is a bit like that.
The SVG path statement is similar it just has more flexible commands such as curves, arcs in it.
It's not the most in depth - but it is easy to understand.
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You will find if you are editing things by hand the Node tool ( N or F2 ) 2nd icon down is the main tool you will use, it has a lot of options on the command bar, which have keyboard shortcuts and after a bit of practice becomes really easy to use.
Beginners' Questions join circle arc with lines
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Hi all,
I've been able to join the circle arc with lines, although if I create an object the fill works only in the circle arcs....
Here the steps that I did:
What I forgot to do to make the circle arc appearing like a "general" curve?
I attached the example file.
Regards,
AGA
Press N or F2 to activate the node tool.
Select all nodes in object by dragging a selection rectangle over the entire object
The 3rd icon on the node tool command bar is 'join nodes' however I always just use the shortcut key Shift + j
Nodes will then join and close the path.
Hi @inklinea,
many thanks for your answer.
I'm probably missing something because when I execute the join nodes, nothing happens.
I updated the example file up to the moment where I can't join the elements.
Kind regards,
AGA
Hi folks,
any help on this? I'm missing something for sure... but I don't understand what.
Kind regards,
AGA
The path is combined, but not all of the nodes are joined.
Have a look at this small clip for joining two nodes, you have to do it for each set of nodes which are touching but not joined.
The shortcut for join is Shift+J its just a bit quicker rather than clicking the join icon.
If you are not sure where the gaps are ( you can usually tell from the odd fill pattern anyway ), you can select the whole shape and choose Path>Break apart, the path will break into individual pieces at any point that the nodes are not joined. The shortcut for this is to repeatedly hit Ctrl+Shift+K.
Hi @inklinea,
many thanks for the explanations.
Finally worked.
I discovered that the circle needed to be "broken" - as a path first.
Do you mind to explain me why in that case "there was a path" that I had to broke?
Super thanks! Regards,
AGA
Path Combine doesn't join the nodes, it just combines the path as a single statement.
A combined path can be several lines which are not touching.
All the lines / curves in that path will have the same stroke and fill settings.
If you were to think of those old fashioned 'turtle' robots ( we had one at school in the 80s ) or a cnc plotter.
They run on commands like 'move to' - 'pen down' - 'move to' - 'pen up' to draw on sheets of paper. Some times they are moving with the 'pen up' so nothing is drawn, I suppose a combined path is a bit like that.
The SVG path statement is similar it just has more flexible commands such as curves, arcs in it.
There's a really simple explanation of the path statement on this page https://www.w3schools.com/graphics/svg_path.asp
It's not the most in depth - but it is easy to understand.
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You will find if you are editing things by hand the Node tool ( N or F2 ) 2nd icon down is the main tool you will use, it has a lot of options on the command bar, which have keyboard shortcuts and after a bit of practice becomes really easy to use.
http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Paths.html