GreenGirl Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 So, I have an ellipse, that has no fill, and a stroke of 10. I need to 'cut out' a 10 degree section from it. Let's say it goes from 10 degrees right around and stops at 0/360. I still need to apply effects, resizing etc to it, so rasterising it won't work. I've tried to draw a curve and do 'subtract' but that didn't work... any other ideas? Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixelPest Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 Can´t you just use the "Pie" property of the Ellipse Tool? GreenGirl 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenGirl Posted August 6, 2019 Author Share Posted August 6, 2019 Good idea! Let me try... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenGirl Posted August 6, 2019 Author Share Posted August 6, 2019 ...hmmm...need to cut out the bits that return to the origin... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixelPest Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 4 minutes ago, GreenGirl said: ...hmmm...need to cut out the bits that return to the origin... Sorry - I didn´t get the picture. GreenGirl 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 Using the Pie Tool, create an ellipse with a 10° slice taken out of it. With the Node Tool active, convert to curves, select the central node and ‘Break Curve’ to give you two coincident nodes. Reselect those two nodes and delete them. GreenGirl 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenGirl Posted August 6, 2019 Author Share Posted August 6, 2019 @PixelPest thank you! Your pie idea, then using the Pen tool to break apart at the points where it draw the lines returning to the origin was perfect! Exactly what I needed. Thank you again for your fast and brilliant help! Edit: @Alfred Sorry, I replied to PixelPest as you were posting! That's just how I did it. Thank you! Alfred 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixelPest Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 Ist that the result you´re looking for? That is non-destructive: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenGirl Posted August 6, 2019 Author Share Posted August 6, 2019 18 minutes ago, PixelPest said: Ist that the result you´re looking for? That is non-destructive: @PixelPest No, but that's a great effect too! I certainly want to know how to do that...but you've already answered my question. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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