Break apart objects

[vitaprimo]

I've spent several hours now reading the help and searching online how to break apart objects but I haven't been able to come up with anything. The closest I've gotten is to opening the curves at the nodes but that automatically breaks other stuff and previously empty areas automatically are filled. I've tried just going with it and duplicate stuff to punch the areas empty again but it doesn't work, instead everything disappears except for what I'm trying to fill--I mean, void actually. See:

 

This is the original:

 

When I break it apart using the nodes areas get filed and and worst of all is that they are grouped in some weird manner that they move together even if they are "physically" not.

I've also tried just using the pen tools to draw a line as some sort of a knife and cut at that point but the end result was the same.

 

I think I've reached desperate status now.

[firstdefence]

Is this drawn, text or something else?

 

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[R C-R]

You are trying to break apart a Curves layer -- note the plural "(Curves)" designation in the Layer panel. Curves layers contain several independent paths. You need to use the Layer > Geometry > Divide menu item or the Divide operation in the main Toolbar to separate them into individual Curve (no plural) layers before breaking them apart into still more individual Curve layers.