Hello all! I love the look of having a gap between objects to make one look like it's behind the other one. I am aware of the Knot Path Effect, but as far as I know or tried, it only works with borders on a single path, and the angles of the lines don't match (Num1) what I would want them to be (Num2).
So I want to have one object that should look on top of another have a gap to the object "on top". My workflow for that would be making everything a path, duplicating the top object, giving it a border with a thickness i would like for the gap, making that border a path and subtracting the borderpath (combined with the duplicated base-shape) from the path that would be "underneath".
The result would be something like Number 3. My question is, if there is an easier/faster way to do this, or even a procedural effect so I can change the shape (or in this case text), objectsize, position or bordersize without un- and redoing everything.
Forget about Knot-LPE as it only works on 90° crossings or thin lines. There´s no really short cut for the procedure you have already described. When it´s just for the visual appearance a duplicate with a broad stroke width in background-color for fill+stroke could work.
Beyond the Basics Making gaps/empty borders between paths
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Hello all!
I love the look of having a gap between objects to make one look like it's behind the other one. I am aware of the Knot Path Effect, but as far as I know or tried, it only works with borders on a single path, and the angles of the lines don't match (Num1) what I would want them to be (Num2).
So I want to have one object that should look on top of another have a gap to the object "on top". My workflow for that would be making everything a path, duplicating the top object, giving it a border with a thickness i would like for the gap, making that border a path and subtracting the borderpath (combined with the duplicated base-shape) from the path that would be "underneath".
The result would be something like Number 3. My question is, if there is an easier/faster way to do this, or even a procedural effect so I can change the shape (or in this case text), objectsize, position or bordersize without un- and redoing everything.
Thanks for any ideas and tips. :)
Cheers! Prof
Forget about Knot-LPE as it only works on 90° crossings or thin lines. There´s no really short cut for the procedure you have already described. When it´s just for the visual appearance a duplicate with a broad stroke width in background-color for fill+stroke could work.
Create a clone or duplicate of the lower object. Move it to the top. Apply a clip or edit the copy to isolate the overlap area.
Here's a related post: https://inkscape.org/forums/questions/how-to-skew-and-seamlessly-join-2-text-characters