Hi! I'm super new to inkscape so this might have an obvious answer - any help is appreciated! For a class, I'm trying to make a tutorial demonstrating a way to make 3D-looking block letters. I'm doing this by typing a letter, duplicating it and offsetting the duplicate (so it looks like a shadow of the original), converting object (letter) to path, using the bezier tool to draw shapes that connect the corners of the two offset letters, and using Path --> Union to fill in the shapes I drew with the bezier tool/combine them with the bottom letter. However, Union does not work unless I first hit Ungroup. I'm trying to figure out why these shapes are grouped in the first place.
When I use the square tool to draw a square, then convert it to a path, then draw a shape that overlaps with it using the bezier tool, then combine the bezier shape with the square using Union, I don't have to hit Ungroup first. So why do I have to hit Ungroup before combining a letter (which I've converted to a path) and a shape I've drawn with the bezier tool? Are they automatically grouped for some reason? They don't seem to be grouped, since I can move them each around independently.
I don't understand why the letter and the square would act any different, since I converted them both to a path. I'd appreciate any insight. Thank you!
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Hi! I'm super new to inkscape so this might have an obvious answer - any help is appreciated! For a class, I'm trying to make a tutorial demonstrating a way to make 3D-looking block letters. I'm doing this by typing a letter, duplicating it and offsetting the duplicate (so it looks like a shadow of the original), converting object (letter) to path, using the bezier tool to draw shapes that connect the corners of the two offset letters, and using Path --> Union to fill in the shapes I drew with the bezier tool/combine them with the bottom letter. However, Union does not work unless I first hit Ungroup. I'm trying to figure out why these shapes are grouped in the first place.
When I use the square tool to draw a square, then convert it to a path, then draw a shape that overlaps with it using the bezier tool, then combine the bezier shape with the square using Union, I don't have to hit Ungroup first. So why do I have to hit Ungroup before combining a letter (which I've converted to a path) and a shape I've drawn with the bezier tool? Are they automatically grouped for some reason? They don't seem to be grouped, since I can move them each around independently.
I don't understand why the letter and the square would act any different, since I converted them both to a path. I'd appreciate any insight. Thank you!
Text is grouped when converted to path, allowing the letters in a word to remain linked together (even if text is a single character).
Thank you so much!