Thank you Garry, yes, that is exactly what I was trying to ask - not how to create any shapes, but how to separate existing shapes that are a single curve. I was just setting up a simple example to demonstrate the problem. Generally, we're importing SVG files, but they always have a single curve representing the entire set of many shapes.
I will attach one such svg file.
Now I'm not a huge fan of Adobe software, but when I import an SVG there, I can select each vector shape individually.
Whereas in Designer 2 when I try to separate, I get this...
I understand that the object is simply a list of curve interacting with eachother to create shapes and holes in shapes, etc.
But I am unsure how I can separate the different "shapes" without having to spend a lot of time on the individual pieces.
In this example, there are only 2 "shapes" - the phone and the chat bubble. But sometimes there may be 20 or 30. I don't want to have to cut them out individually, or worse, re-apply boolean subtracts on multiple curves to re-create holes, etc.
I hope that all makes sense, happy to provide any additional information or examples.
Thanks
sms.svg