I am working on to design a hotdog shape using CC, after trying all different ways of Boolean and other options i couldn’t get the desired results. Can someone help, i have attached the source svg.
Carbide hotdog.zip (20.2 KB)
Carbide hotdog.zip (20.2 KB)
There are a couple of ways to do this:
First, to make things a bit simpler, we delete what is not wanted and reduce the Stock are to what we wish to work with:
Then, for each set of circles, draw a line which intersects them at the correct angle from the center:
For actually getting the originals lined up c.f.,
Done
copy-paste to duplicate:
Mirror Horizontal:
and drag into registration with the original:
Ungroup:
Select the geometry for the matching set of circles after creating the missing pair of circles and adjusting for the matter of things not perfectly matching up:
Probably best to just re-create everything…
Re-draw one set of all the circles:
which makes the lacunae clear:
It will the be necessary to draw in the pair of lines to get the angles needed:
Then Measure the needed rotation:
Select the pair of circles which match:
and a piece of geometry which is larger and centered on the desired point of rotation:
and rotate it into position — it should work to snap against the node of the line, rendering the measurement superfluous:
Done
Duplicate the rotated circles:
shift-click on the surrounding circle to add it back to the selection:
and Mirror Horizontal:
Repeat for the remaining circles:
Done
copy-plaste to clone in place:
then shift-click on a surrounding centered piece of geometry:
and do the same to the other angled line:
Select the desired elements:
and Mirror Horizontal:
With a full set of geometry which is correctly aligned, then it is simply a matter of selecting each subset:
and using Trim Vectors:
to remove what is not wanted:
If need be, zoom in on an area:
repeating on the other side:
until one arrives at:
OK
Join Vectors:
Yes
shift-click to remove the finished elements from the selection:
and delete
Repeat for the inner elements:
zooming in as needed:
(note that it is not necessary to remove all segments all at once)
OK
as before Join Vectors:
Yes
shift-click to remove what one wishes to keep:
and delete
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thanks a ton William!
Appreciate you explained every step with the image.
Thnaks a lot.
It helps!
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It was just to show how easy it is handle once the basic setup ready.