: Using the shape of an object to cut the object beneath it in Inkscape I'm editing an svg in Inkscape and I have an object on top of another object. I'd like to use the shape of the top

@Carla748

I wanted to cut a cross shape out of another shape. I used the original shape.svg and another image, cross.svg (which was the exact shape I wanted to cut out). Now, I tried all of the suggestions here, but none of them worked and after much experimenting, I found an easy approach which I hope will work for others.


open inkscape
open shape.svg
import cross.svg
resize and position cross.svg over shape.svg in the place where the cross needs to be cut out
Path --> Combine (this resulted in the original shape.svg with a cross cut out of it)
After the combine, the shape.svg was the color of the cross.svg, so I just selected it and chose the color I wanted from the fill palette
File --> Save as


I would note that both images were one color to begin with.

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@Deb5748823

Select Both and Do:

Object --> Clip --> Set

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@RJPawlick971

Select both (by clicking one object, holding shift, then clicking the other object), then select Path, then Difference.

For me, I wanted to cut a left arrow out of a hexagon. I created a hexagon, duplicated the layer, shifted the top layer to the right, then selected both layers, then PATH / Difference.

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@Shelley591

Select both, PATH >> INTERSECTION

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