rui_mac Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 If I have path A and path B and I intersect both, I get path C. How can I release all elements so that I end up with 12 individual elements instead of just one? The Release Compound command is dimmed when the resulting shape is selected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted January 15, 2015 Staff Share Posted January 15, 2015 Hi Rui The Release Compound command shouldn't be dimmed. Are you sure you haven't performed a regular boolean operation by mistake? Is it identified as Compound in the Layers panel? Anyway what you want to do is to break the resulting compound geometry and not release it (otherwise you will get the two original objects you started with). To do this go to Layer -> Geometry and select Divide. There's a bug in the new beta (1.0.21844) - already logged - that's preventing the access to the Layer -> Geometry -> Divide command for objects composed by multiple parts. So you will not be able to do what you want with the latest beta (but it does work with the MAS version). Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rui_mac Posted January 16, 2015 Author Share Posted January 16, 2015 No, it is not defined as Compound in the Layers panel.The problem with using the MAS version is that I'm doing this in a document that is already saved in the format of the latest beta and it can't be opened in the MAS version :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted January 16, 2015 Staff Share Posted January 16, 2015 If it isn't identified as a compound object in the Layers panel, then it's probably because you have performed a regular destructive boolean operation by mistake or have converted it to curves. So there's nothing to release. That's why the Release Compound command appears dimmed for you. Yes, the format has changed but Andy has warned about this in the release notes. Regarding the bug, it was already fixed but not yet included in the latest beta (1.0.21861). Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rui_mac Posted January 16, 2015 Author Share Posted January 16, 2015 Well, I fixed it by exporting just the relevant element as a PDF and opening it in the MAS version, performing the Divide and exporting as a PDF to the beta. I could not even Copy/Paste from the beta to the MAS version but the export solution worked fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted January 16, 2015 Staff Share Posted January 16, 2015 Glad you sorted it out Rui :) There's always a way... the problem is to find it. ;) rui_mac 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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