Joining vectors from one image to another

[Grenztr (Travis Grenz)]

I am very new to this program. I am trying to overlay a Bear on a flag. How do I get rid of the stripes through the bear? I have tried many different things and nothing seems to work. Thanks in advance for your help!

[mhotchin (Michael Hotchin)]

Upload your C2D file. We can’t help you if you don’t give us something to work with.

[mhotchin (Michael Hotchin)]

That said, you can likely do what you want with Boolean Subtraction. I made a simple mock up:

Select a stripe, then add the outline of the Bear to the selection. If the Bear is grouped, ungroup it first:

Hit Boolean Subtraction, and check ‘Keep Original Vectors’. The sections of the stripe outside the bear should be in blue:

Hit OK, then delete the parts of the stripe you don’t want:

[WillAdams (William Adams (Carbide 3D))]

Please see:

Boolean subtraction from flag stripes in background

as requested on support… Given a design: [image] we need to offset it to the outside using Offset Vectors: [image] Apply [image] Then shift-click on the outer geometry to remove it from the selection: [image] and delete it: [image] Selecting the stripes: [image] we see that there are seven vectors, so we ungroup them: [image] Select the outer geometry: [image] copy it, move the cursor out of the drawing area, then paste it six times to make a total of 7 instances all sta…

if you’re still stuck, upload the file and we will walk through it w/ you.

[Grenztr (Travis Grenz)]

Thanks for all of your help. I appreciate you all! I got it fixed! Have a Merry Christmas!