Assistance with Leather Patterns

[Ryanlab]

Hello, 

I am working on a leather pattern and have a few issues I am trying to solve. 

I am working on a bifold card wallet and trying to manipulate the design so I can move the pockets in order to cut them separately. I can move the pocket once I duplicate it but the stitch holes cannot be duplicated. The dots are a line that I tried converting to curves in hopes I could separate them. 

I also thought of removing the lines/stitch holes from the main design but not sure how to do that. It might be easier doing it that way. I tried using the node tool but could not figure it out. 

I am also having an issue printing these from Affinity. The stitch holes in the corners become a bit messed up when I print. Is there a program I can export to to make it easier to print? 

[walt.farrell]

If the line was made as a stroke with a dashed stroke, you could try using Expand Stroke, which should give you a Curves object, and then use Separate Curves to turn each dot into its own object. How well this works will probably depend on whether the Expand Stroke operates properly. Sometimes it does, and sometimes not.

[Ryanlab]

7 hours ago, walt.farrell said:

If the line was made as a stroke with a dashed stroke, you could try using Expand Stroke, which should give you a Curves object, and then use Separate Curves to turn each dot into its own object. How well this works will probably depend on whether the Expand Stroke operates properly. Sometimes it does, and sometimes not.

Worked out great!! Thanks 

[walt.farrell]

You're welcome, and thanks for confirming that it worked for you.