Does a smarter boolean tool like Illustrator's Shape builder tool exist for Inkscape? Or a plugin maybe?
I know the same can be achieved with the Union/Difference/Intersection tools, but the Shape builder is a lot faster and less complex.
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Sign up to join this communityDoes a smarter boolean tool like Illustrator's Shape builder tool exist for Inkscape? Or a plugin maybe?
I know the same can be achieved with the Union/Difference/Intersection tools, but the Shape builder is a lot faster and less complex.
There's no Shape Builder tool equivalent in Inkscape, however there is one method to work round the difficulty of making new shapes from complex overlapping shapes.
So, let's say you have a bunch of overlapping shapes from which you want to create a design. Probably easier to make sure they are all just a stroke and no fill at this stage so you can see what's going on.
For example
Obviously this technique isn't worth the trouble for fewer shapes where you'd probably be quicker using the boolean operations as they stand.
You can speed this up if you learn the shortcuts for some of the operations. I didn't use them in the above example so you can see what's going on, but here are some useful shortcuts:
Ctrl+A Select All
Ctrl+K Combine
Ctrl++ Union
F4 Rectangle Tool
F1 Select and Transform Objects Tool
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