There's a problem I could need some help with. I have attached a simplified version of the problem. I need to have two objects (red and yellow) that share two nodes (A and B) and the segment between them (1). So that if I move node A in the red object, node A in the yellow object moves too. The obvious question is why don't I just cover one of the objects with the other one? I need to be able to use both objects independently as well as together for a generative art project. I made the yellow object first, then duplicated it and moved some nodes to make the other object. As I work on the project, I have to move the nodes or change the curve of the line for both simultaneously. Is this possible?
OK, I figured out how to do it now. If I want to move node A for both the red and the yellow object at the same time, I have to select both objects with shift first, then use the Edit Nodes tool to make a rectangle over the nodes to select both. Since they are on top of each other, I can only select both by doing it this way.
Here's a workaround. Open your two shapes at the intersection points and create a third shape for the overlapping area. Select all three shapes and use the node tool to move the intersections and adjust the curvature. Duplicate and [Path > Union] or [Path > Intersection] when you're happy with the layout.
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There's a problem I could need some help with. I have attached a simplified version of the problem.
I need to have two objects (red and yellow) that share two nodes (A and B) and the segment between them (1). So that if I move node A in the red object, node A in the yellow object moves too.
The obvious question is why don't I just cover one of the objects with the other one?
I need to be able to use both objects independently as well as together for a generative art project.
I made the yellow object first, then duplicated it and moved some nodes to make the other object.
As I work on the project, I have to move the nodes or change the curve of the line for both simultaneously. Is this possible?
Moving&scaling yes - curvatures can't be altered simultaneously as you can't grab more than one handle at the time.
OK, I figured out how to do it now. If I want to move node A for both the red and the yellow object at the same time, I have to select both objects with shift first, then use the Edit Nodes tool to make a rectangle over the nodes to select both. Since they are on top of each other, I can only select both by doing it this way.
Too bad I can't change the curvature, though.
Here's a workaround. Open your two shapes at the intersection points and create a third shape for the overlapping area. Select all three shapes and use the node tool to move the intersections and adjust the curvature. Duplicate and [Path > Union] or [Path > Intersection] when you're happy with the layout.
Another workaround:
Thanks a lot @Polygon, @Paddy_CAD and @TylerDurden