Affinity Designer: How to slice/cut a vector shape in two halves?

[cadudesun]

Hi. I'd appreciate your help.

I'm trying to achieve in Affinity Designer something similar to what is shown in this screen-recording: https://tinyurl.com/y5ycgbpk

In that screen-recording (using another app), I drew a line over the shape and performed a geometry operation (cut shapes). 

How to achieve similar output in Affinity Designer, obtaining a vector shape cut/sliced in two halves? 

Thank you 👍

 

PS.: I've learned already from the thread below how to slice/cut a raster image in two halves, and I'm just cross-referencing it:

 

 

 

[v_kyr]

1. Draw a rectangle
2. Convert rect shape into curves
3. Use the node tool and insert two nodes where to split then horizontally
4. Select both nodes and open/slice/cut curve there

 

NOTE: there are also other ways available to cut/split, for example via geometric divide operations etc. !

 

[cadudesun]

Many thanks for your answer and the video @v_kyr

Regarding "there are also other ways available to cut/split, for example via geometric divide operations etc. !", I could perform it by drawing a shape over another. 

Nonetheless, I tried to divide a shape using a line from the pen tool and it didn't work.

=> Could a shape be divided by using a pen tool line?

=> As a workaround for dividing a shape with a line, I set a very thin width for a rectangle. Besides this workaround (and the pen tool line possibility), would there be any other way to draw a line for dividing a shape?

[v_kyr]

41 minutes ago, Cegs said:

=> Could a shape be divided by using a pen tool line?

Yes, though you have to expand stroke the pen line first!

Aka ...

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Expand stroke expands the stroke of a shape or line, converting the line's boundaries into paths forming a closed shape.

 

41 minutes ago, Cegs said:

=> As a workaround for dividing a shape with a line, I set a very thin width for a rectangle. Besides this workaround (and the pen tool line possibility), would there be any other way to draw a line for dividing a shape?

The usual tools I use for lines are the Pen, Pencil or Rect tools here, though as said before for Pen & Pencil expand their stroke first!

[cadudesun]

Thank you very much for all explanations.

I've learned a lot from this thread!

 

Just sharing information to whom wants to slice a raster image using any of the methods discussed above:

Firstly, right-click the image and convert it to curves.