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From: d23535 on 24 Jan 2008 14:32 wow, that was weird. Here is the original post Hello all. I am having two problems with the Knife Tool in Fireworks. [bullet][/bullet]I draw a "donut" using the rectangle tool (the "doughnut" autoshape). This autoshape is a Vector graphic, yet I cannot select the knife tool to slice it up. I know this is how it is, but is there any way around this? Otherwise I have to make donuts with circles and smaller circles and punching and all that.[/bullet] [bullet][/bullet]Now the real problem: I have a circle made with the Circle tool and I cut it in two with the knife tool. Now I have two halves of a circle, yet when I cut them in two again with the knife tool, weird things happen. I know this is because they are like Cs and not like Ds (i.e., they're missing the path thinger in the middle). How do I fix that? I wish to make a pizza (more or less). [bullet][/bullet](The bullets do not work correctly in this posting forum, or at least here in the preview. Sorry. I thought Adobe might use some Adobe technology, like the RichTextArea component in Flex...) Thanks to everyone in advance for your help! Best, Daniel
From: Jim Babbage .:CMX:. & .:Adobe Community Expert:. on 24 Jan 2008 14:43 d23535 wrote: > wow, that was weird. Here is the original post > > Hello all. I am having two problems with the Knife Tool in Fireworks. > > [bullet][/bullet]I draw a "donut" using the rectangle tool (the "doughnut" > autoshape). This autoshape is a Vector graphic, yet I cannot select the knife > tool to slice it up. I know this is how it is, but is there any way around > this? Otherwise I have to make donuts with circles and smaller circles and > punching and all that.[/bullet] > [bullet][/bullet]Now the real problem: I have a circle made with the Circle > tool and I cut it in two with the knife tool. Now I have two halves of a > circle, yet when I cut them in two again with the knife tool, weird things > happen. I know this is because they are like Cs and not like Ds (i.e., they're > missing the path thinger in the middle). How do I fix that? I wish to make a > pizza (more or less). > [bullet][/bullet](The bullets do not work correctly in this posting forum, or > at least here in the preview. Sorry. I thought Adobe might use some Adobe > technology, like the RichTextArea component in Flex...) > > Thanks to everyone in advance for your help! > > Best, > Daniel > Hello: point 1 - The Donut is an autoshape, so it must be ungrouped before the knife tool is accessible point 2 - A much easier way to do this would be to use the Pie shape. Option/Alt drag to segment the "pie. When you have all the pieces you want, ungroup the shape and you will have ready made pie pieces. HTH -- Jim Babbage - .:Community MX:. & .:Adobe Community Expert:. http://www.communityMX.com/ CommunityMX - Free Resources: http://www.communitymx.com/free.cfm --- .:Adobe Community Expert for Fireworks:. Adobe Community Expert http://tinyurl.com/2a7dyp --- See my work on Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/jim_babbage/
From: d23535 on 24 Jan 2008 14:45 So what I came up with in the 10 minutes since I posted this was 1) Use the redraw path tool to add the missing piece to the half of the pie. 2) Do a modify > combine paths > union to get the thing to be one thing 3) Then use the knife tool. This seems to work, but there must be an easier way to do 1 and 2, since it's just closing up a cut piece... thanks!
From: deebs on 24 Jan 2008 15:21 Do you mean close paths? After the knife has been applied the cut sections really are open paths. The Paths panel allows a way to close paths if that is helpful in what you are trying to do. d23535 wrote: > So what I came up with in the 10 minutes since I posted this was > > 1) Use the redraw path tool to add the missing piece to the half of the pie. > 2) Do a modify > combine paths > union to get the thing to be one thing > 3) Then use the knife tool. > > This seems to work, but there must be an easier way to do 1 and 2, since it's > just closing up a cut piece... thanks! >
From: d23535 on 24 Jan 2008 15:50
Thanks Jim! 1) Re: ungrouping, yes, that works... not that I have the pie shape I'm beginning to understand how to do a donut pie. 2) The pie shape IS a much better way to do it. Thanks again, your answers were spot on. Best, Daniel |