Hello,
I am Alex Damgaard, I am new to this forum.
I am playing around with a logo idea and I am having trouble getting the erase tool to erase part of an elipse shape in Corel Draw. I select the erase tool and click and drag accross the part of an elipse that I want to get rid of (so far so good), then I release the mouse and an outline of the nib tool is left behind. This is not what I would expect to happen. I have read up on the subject, but I still don't know what I am doing wrong.
I saved my error as a JPEG that is attached for your scrutiny.
Thanks in advance,
Alex
To explain what it is doing ... try filling your ellipse before you erase it. The erase tool is nibbling away at your ellipse -- leaving an ellipse with a bit cut out.
This is exactly what you would expect if you erase the edge of a filled ellipse. But like all other CorelDraw objects, the outline behaves exactly the same whether or not it is actually filled.
That is not what you want in your case. However, you can make it work your way. Before applying the eraser tool, select the ellipse and do Arrange > Convert Outline to Object. The eraser will now behave as you want it.
Hello Alex; When you are in CorelDraw you are drawing in vector. Once you have the basic shape, you convert it to curves and use the nodes to shape it the way you want it.
George
Hi.
The eraser works on enclosed combined shapes. You can get this type of shape by using the Smart Fill Tool on your design. Then try the eraser on the shapes created.
~John
More than one way to skin a cat, guys. Let's not confuse Alex..
You don't have to use smart fill to use the eraser - heck, it works on text and other curve objects just fine. The object doesn't have to be a combined object, just a closed object.
But as Harry said, if you use it on an unfilled object with an outline, you get some interesting results, especially if you just erase in little dabs.Because the outline follows the edge of where you erase.
George, I'm a big fan of node editing, but there are times when the eraser is a godsend. You should play with it. It's saved me a ton of time on occasion, you might find it useful.
Thank you so much for the replies.
Now I get it.
The Arrange>convert outline to object got the eraser to behave the way I wanted to.
This is a great forum.