How to remove solid fill from overlapping ellipses (without revealing overlapping stroke)

[JHarrison]

Hi All

I designed a logo/motif for my wife's business in Affinity Designer which has been in use for a couple of years now and has worked well provided it is on a solid background.

She is looking to get some window decals made, requiring the solid fill to be transparent, and I've hit the limit of my abilities in trying to remove the solid fill without exposing the stroke beneath (essentially so that online the stroke remains, as it appears in the image attached).  I've tried every variation of adding/subtracting/dividing that I can imagine, but I'm a novice and was hoping someone here might be able to give me a tip on how to achieve it.

If anyone has any ideas you'll have my eternal gratitude!  I've also attached the .afdesign file if it helps - I may have gone about the original design the entirely wrong way.

Thanks

Jeremy

Logo - Flower.afdesign

[Komatös]

Hi @JHarrison

Go into the group. Mark all curve layers twice. Click on the fill color upper left and choose the No Fill sign.

 

 

 

 

[JHarrison]

Thanks for the suggestion @Komatös!

I've been able to do that, but unfortunately it still exposes all of the stroke underneath.  What I want to achieve is being left with the outline as it appears when the ellipses have a fill that isn't transparent. 

Using the image I originally attached as the example, the goal is to only have the black outline remaining with everything else transparent.  Unfortunately every thing I try results in the same as your example - the hidden overlap of the strokes (which are ordinarily hidden by the fill) become visible.

I can get it to work if I rasterise and use a mask, but that's not going to work for print quality unfortunately.

 

[Komatös]

Hello @JHarrison

Ok, my solution was a " rush job".

I have edited the file again. First I dissolved all groups, then I marked all layers and expanded the contour.
With the help of the shape builder tool I then removed all overlaps.

I have attached the edited file including the history.

 

 

Logo - Flower reworked with history.afdesign

[JHarrison]

@Komatös- You are incredible!

Now I just need to reverse the process step by step to understand the magic.

I can't thank you enough.

[Komatös]

You are welcome!