Re: [artworks] Can I stop Uniting leaving bits behind?
- From: Tim Powys-Lybbe <tim@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: artworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 12:01:40 +0100
On 23 May at 10:00, Martin Wuerthner <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In message <mpro.llc8fa00003m411s1.tim@xxxxxxxxx>
> Tim Powys-Lybbe <tim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > More of my slow progress in learning Art Works. I have been
> > delighted to find that there is a method of combining objects to
> > form a single shape, as in the Examples for Intersect, No 5.
>
> > However I have found that this can leave some small bits behind in
> > the final separation of the joined object from the intersect. I
> > have made an ArtWorks page showing the steps I took to unite the
> > objects and put it here:
>
> > <http://www.tim.ukpub.net/riscos/Uniting_shapes.zip>
>
> > Close examination will show two prongs (for want of a better word)
> > poking up from the separated bit and missing from the united object.
> > I would like the prongs to be on the United object. Can anyone
> > advise how this can be done?
>
> That is easy. Select them and the united shape and choose "Join
> shapes". The two "prongs" are not part of the intersection, so they
> should not be moved away as per step 5 of the tutorial. Just move away
> the shapes that are in the intersection and delete them. There
> probably should be a step 6 to tell you to join the remaining shapes
> (which was not necessary in the simple example in the tutorial).
Been up a pole on other matters for a couple of days so got delayed.
Yes, that works excellently. Many thanks.
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Tim Powys-Lybbe tim@xxxxxxxxx
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