Cropping question

[Affin User]

Hi. This isn't a v2-bug-related question but the forum wouldn't let me post this without selecting an inappropriate topic. My question is: 

I've created an SVG whose objects' edges go beyond the frame/document/art board. I'm trying to clip off the extra bits that appear/go beyond the frame/document. I've tried the crop tool, and while this makes things look cropped, once I export the SVG, all the extra bits still appear in it. 

Can you let me know how to export an SVG that only includes what appears within the document/art board rectangle and not beyond its borders? Thanks.

[GarryP]

When you press the “Start new topic” button on the Home Page you can select the section you want to create the thread in.

Not all of the options are immediately available and you may need to open an ‘area header’ to see the sections in that area. (Serif are aware that this ‘trips up’ a lot of new forum members but they might not be able to change the forum software enough to make this better.)

See attached image where the “Affinity Support & Questions” area needs be opened by pressing the little arrow to reveal the sections.

When you press the “Start new topic” button anywhere else you can only create a new thread in the section you are in at the time, which also ‘trips up’ quite a few people.

You can start a thread in a specific section by navigating to that section and pressing the “Start new topic” button there.

A moderator might move this thread for you so there’s no need to duplicate this elsewhere.

[GarryP]

The Vector Crop Tool only does a ‘visual crop’ rather than ‘slicing off’ the parts outside of the crop.

To do a ‘proper crop’ you can use the Geometry functionalities, and others, to remove the unwanted parts of (maybe a copy of) the design.

[Affin User]

Many thanks. Could I trouble you to let me know which "Geometry" functionalities you're referring to? If you mean things such as "Divide," "Xor," "Intersect," "Subtract," and so on, I've tried all of these without luck. (They usually just make my selections disappear.) 

[R C-R]

5 hours ago, Affin User said:

Many thanks. Could I trouble you to let me know which "Geometry" functionalities you're referring to? If you mean things such as "Divide," "Xor," "Intersect," "Subtract," and so on, I've tried all of these without luck. (They usually just make my selections disappear.) 

In general, try adding one or more rectangles that encompass all of the off canvas/artboard items & use subtraction to delete them. (If you can post a simplified example of your SVG so we can see how many elements are partially off-canvas & how your layers are organized someone will probably post a more complete solution.)