Use the Pick tool to drag a selection around the heart to capture the red and pink objects.Starting with the same heart example, this time make both objects into a group: In addition to cutting objects, the Knife tool can also slice through groups of objects. To move the top part, you need to select both the pink curve, which wasn’t cut, and the red part of the heart. With the Pick tool, click on a blank area of the document to first deselect everything, then select just the lower portion and move it. If you drag out the cut line so that it only passes through the red fill, a faint cut line can be seen and the Objects docker shows that the heart is now split into two curves. You can start the cut on a point along the curve, or you can start in blank space on the document. When you activate the Knife tool, by default it will be set to 2-Point Line mode, which will slice the object along a straight line.
Please note that if you are using the Home and Student version of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite, the cut span and outline options features are only available in the full version.Ĭlick on any of the images below to view full-size.įor our first example, this heart consists of two curves: the red heart-shaped curve, and a pink curve for the highlight effect. This tutorial will demonstrate a variety of ways to split and cut objects using CorelDRAW’s Knife tool.
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How to Use the Knife Tool to Split Objects