Page 150 - Xara Designer Pro X17

150 Shape Handling

Select the shapes you want to mask and the front
(mask) shape. Or put the mask shape on the mask
layer.

Right click and choose "COMBINE SHAPES" >
"INTERSECT SHAPES". This creates a new shape. The
top shape or mask disappears.

The line attributes and colors of the underlying shapes are unchanged. Areas not
covered by the top shape or mask are discarded. The top shape can be a group for more
complex subtracting. Groups are described in Object handling (on page 98).

Slicing shapes
Xara Designer Pro X lets you easily slice shapes into two or more pieces, and you can
use either a solid object or a line for slicing. For example, to cut a segment from a circle:

1. Create a circle and put a triangle on top or on the mask layer.
2. Select them both (not required if using the mask layer).
3. Right click and choose "COMBINE SHAPES" > "SLICE (CUT) SHAPES".
The edges of the triangle cut the circle into two shapes. The
triangle disappears.
4. You can now drag the segment out from the circle:

You can also use a line to cut an object:
The line should be drawn completely though the object
and extend beyond it (as shown in the illustration). If the
line is too short, this operation cuts out a thin slice.

Slicing complex shapes
When you use the INTERSECT ALL SHAPES option, selected objects are sliced along their
lines of intersection.