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Fragment when merging shapes
I'm trying to use the Fragment option under Merge Shapes, but it's not working as I expected.
I have four donut shapes with a circle overlaid across them. When I apply Fragment, instead of splitting the circle into five separate pieces, it removes the donut portions from the circle and isn't fragmented. I want the center shape removed and the ellipse shape in the donut to remain.
Am I misunderstanding how Fragment works, or is there another way to achieve this?
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Fragment seems to only break the donuts into pieces rather than the larger oval, regardless of stacking order. Nonetheless, you can achieve the separate pieces you mentioned with a two step operation.
- Add an extra set of donuts (or circles) in the same position as yours, making them fully solid and then hiding them.
- Select the donuts and large circle and then fragment merge them.
- In the resulting merged shapes, hide all the donut pieces (leave only the remnants of the larger circle).
- Unhide the 4 small solid circles or donuts you added.
- Select these with the large circle remnants.
- Fragment merge again.
This should leave you with the four oval pieces you wanted, as well as the center portion.
See the example project.
