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Beginners' Questions How to change this letter into a bunch of small lines or fragments?
  1. #1
    dwpreston dwpreston @dwpreston
    See attached screen shop. I need to change the "B" out for the "A". The "B" consist of a bunch of small lines that can be manipulated and molded into my image. The "A" is different. It is one object with (11) nodes. But I can't get it broken up to manipulate like I want. How do I fix?
    Screenshot 2025 04 22 145345
  2. #2
    Tyler Durden Tyler Durden @TylerDurdenβš–
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    No need to worry about the small lines... I'd use the shape builder tool.

    https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.3#Shape_Builder_Tool

  3. #3
    dwpreston dwpreston @dwpreston

    Thank you for your help I will give that a try.

    Just for my curiosity is there a way to break the letter into a bunch of smaller lines like the one in this screen shot?

    Screenshot 2025 04 23 082534
  4. #4
    Tyler Durden Tyler Durden @TylerDurdenβš–

    Yes, you can break paths at selected nodes, then break those subpaths into separate objects.

  5. #5
    dwpreston dwpreston @dwpreston
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    Ok, I will try that. Thanks!

  6. #6
    dwpreston dwpreston @dwpreston

    Thank you that worked. One more question. What version of Inkscape are you running? I like the way your screen looks compared to mine (screen shot attached.)

    Screenshot 2025 04 24 094613
  7. #7
    Tyler Durden Tyler Durden @TylerDurdenβš–

    I'm runningΒ  1.3.2. To make your version look like mine, use View>Widescreen (untick the checkbox), then Edit>Preferences>Interface>Theming, Miniwata-Inkscape, hicolor icons (non-symbolic).

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