This tool erases segments of elements between two intersection points.I can reproduce the issue, so you aren't imagining it.Īfter a bit of testing I noticed it only seems to affect objects with Bézier curves.

The two tools I propose are very easy to use, fast and extremely intuitive, they are primarily used for technical work, but I have used them with great success for “free form” drawing as well. The interface is nice but a little intimidating and some things are strangely ambiguous and only someone with serious knowledge / skills will be able to use them effectively. But I think you are in danger of losing / alienating the “lower end” users (of which there are an awful lot). I feel that Inkscape has the potential to really compete and spread the message of OpenSource / Free software to a very wide market. The reason for this is speed, with graphic design it is completely acceptable to sit and fiddle with a design for hours on end, with technical illustration the deadline is usually three days before you get the job. I also used very different types of tools and workflows. I rarely did graphic design as such, focusing rather on technical illustration, so I have a completely different perspective on vector graphics. I applaud the work done with Inkscape, the mathematics and programming are amazingly well done. The following two tools are rare and I have only seen them in two commercial applications, I also wrote a simple illustration program called idrW in which I implemented my own version of them. I am a professional technical illustrator and I have done more than 4000 illustrations in my career, of them about 20% were isometric and the rest simple 2D.

Boolean path operations are amazing but not always intuitive and require a lot of practice and thought to use with ease.

Inkscape tutorials path intersection