I am working in Inkscape and have two concentric circles which I want to divide into semi-circular arcs. I placed a line midway between and tried “Cut Path” but it did not work:
I tried converting the circles to paths and trying cut path again and it still did not work.
Answer
I determined the problem.
The “cut path” function in Inkscape requires exactly two objects. If the user has 3 objects selected then the program does nothing.
In my case I had two concentric circles and the line, so I was selecting 3 objects.
The solution is the following:
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Drag a guide from the ruler until it snaps to the center of the
circles -
Draw a rectangle that is larger than the circles above them
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Extend the rectangle until it snaps to the guide (the rectangle
should now cover half the circles). -
Select the rectangle and one of the two circles
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Do Path / Division to make a closed shape or Path / Cut to make an open shape
Attribution
Source : Link , Question Author : Tyler Durden , Answer Author : Tyler Durden