Scissor tool/slice vector path
Making more complex vector drawings is difficult without a tool like the scissor tool from Illustrator.
Creating arches like the attached image in Illustrator is super easy with the combination of the scissor and circle tool, but in XD it is very difficult.
Martin Sangolt
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Anonymous
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Hey Adobe, you have the knowledge and the possibilities to implement basic features in XD like mirror and rotate objects around a defined point, cutting and joining path, duplicate objects with a defined value like in illustrator? This is one of the basic reasons why I not will change to XD.
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Akex
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Need scissors!
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dimk
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Scissors are a must have XD's tool
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Anonymous
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It would be great if i can cut path and add thing as per our requirement. Right now i have to achieve these thing with (add, subtract, intersect,). It would be great if we have these options as we use to do in Photoshop shape tool.
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AdminRandy Edmunds
(Admin, Adobe)
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@david You are correct. Currently in XD, you can delete anchor points on a Path, but there's no way to delete a segment to change a closed Path to an unclosed Path.
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David
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When I try to use the solution @randy Edmunds gives, (using subtraction tool), the original shape joins itself across the removed area.
For example - if I want a half circle, I create a circle (no fill, with just border) - then I place a box over the bottom half...when I click SUBTRACT - the to ends of the circle connect....not sure why - but i can't seem to get that to work correctly....
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David
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I agree - scissors is needed.
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AdminRandy Edmunds
(Admin, Adobe)
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You can do this with a slightly different workflow using the Subtract feature. Draw a Rectangle over the part of the Circle that you want to delete, select both shapes, and then Subtract. See gif:
Or you can draw Rectangle over part of Circle that you want to keep and use Intersect.
Is the what you are looking for?
Randy
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Marshall Wells
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It would be very useful to delete a path in between two points. (example: create a circle shape with the ellipse tool, then double click to select the points. Select one of the lines and delete to make a perfect half circle.)
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AdminRandy Edmunds
(Admin, Adobe)
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You can accomplish that using the subtraction tool.
In this gif, I start with 2 concentric ellipses. I subtract one from the other and set fill color to black. I then draw a triangle that I subtract from first element.
Does that make sense?
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AymanAlrifai
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Please add a functionality for deleting parts from path like other adobe programs.
Here's an example of what this feature will solve. -
Hong Santamaria
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This tool is definetly needed in XD. Otherwise you have always to change between Illustrator and XD.
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guyu
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我希望能有剪刀功能。剪掉多余的线段
当我用钢笔工具画了一些图形后。能有去掉一部分边的功能
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Joseph Silva
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Yes, please! I find myself constantly looking for the ability to cut shapes/paths.
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Anonymous
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How I cut border object and expand border to editable fill curve like an illustrator
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Nelmer De La Cruz
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I agree. I'm trying to slice a complex vector right now and it's getting super difficult.
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Yamiteru
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Give us a better snipping. For example, Illustrator features a good snipping, but this one feels like a "Snipping: Lite version" :D