Merging Paths | Exclusive Or Function

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Path Union

Multiple
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can be combined into a single path or text-path by performing a union on all the selected objects using the menu item Transform->Path Union. At least two paths or text-paths must be selected to perform this function (or one of each). As with the |
|, the new path has the same styles as the
path in the selection. For example, in Figure 8.28(a), there are three overlapping paths. In Figure 8.28(b) the paths have been replaced by a single path created using the path union function. For comparison, the same three paths in Figure 8.28(a) were replaced using the |
|. The result is shown in Figure 8.28(c).

| (a) | (b) | (c) |
Figure 8.28: Path union: (a) original paths (the rear path has an orchid fill color, 2bp line width and round join style); (b) the three paths in (a) have been replaced by a single path using the path union function; (c) for comparison, the three paths in (a) have been replaced by a single path using the merge paths function.

In Figure 8.29, a text-path and a path are combined: Figure 8.29(a) shows the original objects and Figure 8.29(b) shows the resulting object. In this case, the resulting object is a text-path since the
path in Figure 8.29(a) was the text-path object.

| (a) | (b) |
Figure 8.29: Text-path union: (a) original text-path and path; (b) objects in (a) have been replaced with text-path.

See also:

- Merging Paths
- Exclusive Or Function
- Path Intersection
- Path Subtraction
- Breaking a Path
- Reversing a Path's Direction
- Step-by-Step Example: Bus

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