Knife tool not working for certain elements

[walt.farrell]

The Status Bar will show the relevant modifiers. I'm away from my PC at the moment.

The Help will also provide them: https://affinity.help/publisher2/en-US.lproj/pages/CurvesShapes/edit_linesAndShapes.html

 

[R C-R]

9 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

The Status Bar will show the relevant modifiers. I'm away from my PC at the moment.

The Help will also provide them: https://affinity.help/publisher2/en-US.lproj/pages/CurvesShapes/edit_linesAndShapes.html

1. That online help topic is relevant fo Macs but it doesn't say anything about there being an equivalent modifier key on Windows, so can we assume that CTRL also works for Windows to CTRL-click on a segment to delete it?

2. The help file says

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 ⌃(ctrl)-click a segment to delete it, creating two separate curves within one curve object.

However, if the curve object is a closed curve, it does not 2 curves, it just converts the closed curve to an open one.

[walt.farrell]

13 minutes ago, R C-R said:

1. That online help topic is relevant fo Macs but it doesn't say anything about there being an equivalent modifier key on Windows, so can we assume that CTRL also works for Windows to CTRL-click on a segment to delete it?

It is relevant to the OS you're using to view it (with the exception that Android users get the Mac Help, with no choice). A Windows user will see the right information for them.

[R C-R]

14 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

A Windows user will see the right information for them.

Since I can't see the Windows version I am asking what that modifier would be for them. Any idea what it is?

[walt.farrell]

40 minutes ago, R C-R said:

Since I can't see the Windows version I am asking what that modifier would be for them. Any idea what it is?

Without being at my Windows comphter (as I wasn't), no.

Now that I am there: Ctrl-click a segment to delete it, creating two separate curves within one curve object.

[R C-R]

9 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

Now that I am there: Ctrl-click a segment to delete it, creating two separate curves within one curve object.

Does that create two curves if the curve it is applied to is closed? For me, it does not; it just opens the curve where the segment was removed.

So for example on this closed cracked heart shape.afdesign file if I remove one of its segments via a CTRL-click, it just becomes a single open curve.

[walt.farrell]

4 minutes ago, R C-R said:

Does that create two curves if the curve it is applied to is closed? For me, it does not; it just opens the curve where the segment was removed.

I'm sure it functions the same way on both Mac and Windows.

1 hour ago, R C-R said:

However, if the curve object is a closed curve, it does not 2 curves, it just converts the closed curve to an open one.

And if it's an open curve, and you click the first or last segment, you still have 1 curve, but you lose the first (or last) node.

[R C-R]

9 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

I'm sure it functions the same way on both Mac and Windows.

So would you agree that the help topic is either wrong, incomplete, or at least misleading regarding creating 2 curves?

[walt.farrell]

8 minutes ago, R C-R said:

So would you agree that the help topic is either wrong, incomplete, or at least misleading regarding creating 2 curves?

Yes; at least one of those.

[madebywitteveen]

Found it; cutting between two node's isn't a subfunction of the KNIFE tool, it is a subfunction of the NODE tool.

With control the red 'X' will appear and cuts that section

 

thanks !