Can't delete points

[bpedit (Byrne Pedit)]

I’ve created an outline vector for an stl. It’s a rather ornate outline with several isolated loops. I’m trying to simplify it by deleting these loops so that I end up with one contiguous outline but most of the points won’t delete. Some individual points will delete as will those on the main outline. I’ve done this before in other files with no problem.

Here’s a sample of some recalcitrant points (in black):

In other isolated loops some of the points will delete, others won’t.

Here’s the simplified CC file with just the outline:

deleteNodeTest.c2d (116 KB)

I’m on a Mac using the latest CC version.

[mhotchin (Michael Hotchin)]

I think the problem is that once you get down to 3 points, deleting one doesn’t leave you with a well-formed vector, so it won’t let you.

If the goal is to completely remove the loops, you can ‘Ungroup’. Now you can select the loops independently, and delete them.

Select the object, then rightmost icon on the second row:

EDIT - thread reporting this.

Problems deleting nodes while in 'Node Edit'

Deleting node(s) while in Node edit can give unexpected results: If a vector has three (3) nodes, and you try to delete one, the operation silently fails. EXPECT - message telling the user that a vector must have at least 3 nodes. If you multi-select nodes to delete, and there would be less that 3 nodes remaining, only SOME of the nodes are deleted. 3 nodes remain. EXPECT - message similar to 1), AND no nodes deleted. If you select ALL the nodes in a vector and delete them, some rand…

[HeuristicBishop (Tyler Sowers)]

I think this one is just a little deceptive and unclear in the UI. I’m pretty sure you cannot delete the final three nodes of any loop. So the loop you have highlighted in your example will not allow additional node removal.

That said, if you select the entire svg and “ungroup” you should be able to delete entire loops without node editing. Just click the loop you want to remove and hit the delete key.

If you want to get rid of all internal loops in one quick deletion, you can select the entire svg, click ungroup, and hold the shift key while clicking the outline that you want to keep. That should unselect your outline (turn it black while all internal loops are still orange)
Clicking delete at that point should leave just your outline.

[bpedit (Byrne Pedit)]

Thanks, this worked. I didn’t look to see they were grouped.