OdFori Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 (edited) Hi, I expanded my stroke, but what is it? It isn't a compound path, right? Because I can't select the inside path. But what is it then? I want to retain only the inside part. Do I need to do that manually by deleting individual points with the Node tool or is there a better way? Thanks in advance. Edited October 9, 2019 by OdFori Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 If you use the boolean divide you'll get an inner and outer shape. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Ventura 13.6, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 Add a signature like this so system and app info always seen. Tagging is the gift that keeps on giving. Please consider adding tags to your post, not only does it help searching later on but it helps us, to give focused replies and is greatly appreciated by those that do reply, remember Affinity is for life not just Christmas. (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixelPest Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 26 minutes ago, OdFori said: It isn't a compound path, right? It is - you need the Node-tool (A) to get access to the inner and outer contour. Aside from "Divide" there´s Layer->Geometry->Separate Curves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OdFori Posted October 9, 2019 Author Share Posted October 9, 2019 (edited) Ahh I see. You can also have 'compound' shapes with these boolean operations, without having them appear as 'compound' shapes in the Layers panel. Thanks guys. Edited October 9, 2019 by OdFori Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixelPest Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 2 hours ago, OdFori said: I expanded my stroke, but what is it? I thought you´re talking about "expanded strokes" - not non-destructive Booleans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OdFori Posted October 9, 2019 Author Share Posted October 9, 2019 Yeah. I was a bit confused because (I think) in Illustrator you can't have shapes with holes in them without them being a 'compound path' and didn't really know yet that this was possible in Affinity, so my bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixelPest Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Glad we talked about it. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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