Mvdarbs Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Hi Folks, Me again asking daft questions. Can someone have a look at the attached file and explain to me how I can "cut" the canopy section out and leave that area blank? I will then need to put a similar shape within that hollowed out area but leaving a thin boarder between the new canopy shape and the fuselage. Make sense? thought not, but hopefully someone out there can make sense of what I am trying to do. Cheers again folks. Mark Door Design Post client edits.afdesign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted December 7, 2015 Staff Share Posted December 7, 2015 Hi Mvdarbs, There's a few ways to go about this. Here's one: - select all the shapes, press and hold ⌥ (option/alt) and click on the Add boolean operation icon to join them all in a "single" shape non-destructively - then expand the compound shape in the Layers panel, duplicate the cockpit layer - move it outside the compound temporarily to see what you doing, you may need to change the stroke colour -, set the stroke width to whatever value you want the gap to be, and change its alignment as you see fit (i've chosen inside in the attached file). Then expand it (menu Layer ▸ Expand Stroke). - move it to above the original cockpit layer inside the compound and change the boolean operation of that layer to minus (subtract). Edited file attached. Door Design Post client editsMEB.afdesign Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mvdarbs Posted December 7, 2015 Author Share Posted December 7, 2015 Hi MEB, Thanks for the help again, just one issues though. When I try to change the stroke colour so that I can see what I am doing nothing happens?!? It just stays the original grey colour. What am I doing wrong? Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted December 7, 2015 Staff Share Posted December 7, 2015 Have you moved it temporarily to outside the compound? If it's inside it will take the colour of the whole compound. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mvdarbs Posted December 7, 2015 Author Share Posted December 7, 2015 Ah... Oh yeah. Every day is a learning day. Thanks again Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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