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Beginners' Questions Auto Intersect and Connect
  1. #1
    Ruyeex Ruyeex @Ruyeex

    I see on Illustrator that it has a built-in system where you can auto intersect and connect to others shapes, which is useful to me to not need to make it manually.
    Is it available on inkscape or not?

  2. #2
    Tyler Durden Tyler Durden @TylerDurden

    Maybe this: https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.3#Shape_Builder_Tool

  3. #3
    Ruyeex Ruyeex @Ruyeex

    I mean the arrangement tool where you distribute equally all the shapes into each other whether it's separated or mixed.
    On Illustrator, it's named on intersection, or I'm mistaken.

  4. #4
    David248 David248 @David248

    I don't understand what you mean : perhaps the best way to do would to find a link to a video under ai showing what you want to achieve under inkscape.

    I googled ai intersection and fod some things looking like path operations intersection or divide.

  5. #5
    Ruyeex Ruyeex @Ruyeex

    Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo3EUG7hYZc
    It's the purple/pink line I'm talking about where you try to drag one shape into another shape

  6. #6
    Polygon Polygon @Polygon🌶

    Select both shapes and go Path->Intersection or call the Shape Builder tool to select what you want to keep from the overlapping. Same as in Illustrator.

  7. #7
    Ruyeex Ruyeex @Ruyeex

    Sorry for the misunderstood.

    I was into a way to arrange or even distribute the shapes without using align and distribute tab where on illustrator you can do that. But you can just create two shapes and drag a shape to try to automatically adjust to your needs like in some software programs where they have algorithms that can help arrange stuff into equal distances.

  8. #8
    Paddy_CAD Paddy_CAD @Paddy_CAD

    You probably need the Align and Distribute dialog.
    [Object > Align and Distribute...] or [shift+ctrl+a].

  9. #9
    David248 David248 @David248
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    The snapping options : Alignment > Same Distances may also be of interest.

     

  10. #10
    Ruyeex Ruyeex @Ruyeex

    Yes it was the snapping option, but I couldn't remember the name or in class he didn't tell me about it
    Thanks man