Help needed with subtracting circle shape from a group of rectangles.

[Chillr2021]

Hi, can this be achieved so I have a circle of rectangles in affinity designer https://prnt.sc/1q78by0 and want to make them not so long and subtracted from the red circle, if I turn down the opacity of red circle you can see they are much longer https://prnt.sc/1q78emq, so I want to keep them all as editable rectangles but subtract the bottom part of them hidden by the circle. I heard you can select them then layer - geometry then add and group all the rectangles then select both layers and hit subtract but only trouble is my rectangles are all grouped as one so not editable again, is there a way to do the subtraction of the circle shape covering them but leave them editable.

Phil

[Alfred]

The contents of a ‘Curves’ layer is editable but it sounds as though what you really want is to have each of the truncated rectangles on its own layer. To achieve this, go to the Layer menu and choose ‘Geometry > Separate Curves’.

[Gear maker]

@Chillr2021Have you thought about using a COG shape as in the attached?

Using a COG.afdesign

[R C-R]

@Chillr2021, instead of posting a link to an external source like prnt.sc it would simplify things for those trying to help you if you just attached your afdesign files and/or screenshots directly to your posts.

[Chillr2021]

10 hours ago, Alfred said:

The contents of a ‘Curves’ layer is editable but it sounds as though what you really want is to have each of the truncated rectangles on its own layer. To achieve this, go to the Layer menu and choose ‘Geometry > Separate Curves’.

Hi Alfred, yeah this works but doesn't allow me to edit the rectangles lengths, the will all eventually be all different lengths, add them in geometry seems to turn them all to curves and then you as you say you can separate them again but when you change the length of the curve it doesn't extent like the rectangle shape does.

I'll have to draw it again but this time with the rectangles the desired starting place around my circle. Thanks anyway for the help.

 

Phil

[Chillr2021]

8 hours ago, R C-R said:

@Chillr2021, instead of posting a link to an external source like prnt.sc it would simplify things for those trying to help you if you just attached your afdesign files and/or screenshots directly to your posts.

Sorry I will try this next time.