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Beginners' Questions union combine and patterns
  1. #1
    fruggie fruggie @fruggie

    Hi.  I am trying to put a patter around a circle.  I understand the concept and don't have a problem when it is a basic shape.  What I am trying to do is basically put a smiley face in a circle.  However, every time I do it, only the circle shows up and not the eyes nose or mouth.  I have tried to use combine but then one piece is also missing and still, nothing happens.  I have tried union but then the entire design disappears.   I have tried group and that does nothing either.  I tried to stroke to path and object to path each individual design as well.  Nothing.  

    When doing a pattern around a design, how do you get the inside pieces to go around the design as well?

    Thank you.

  2. #2
    Polygon Polygon @Polygon🌶

    Maybe you need to go first to Path->Stroke to Path for the pattern:

  3. #3
    fruggie fruggie @fruggie

    Thank you so much!!!  I was only doing the inside as stroke to path but i did the outside object too and it worked.  Thank you again!