Hi. Id like to cut a hole within a shape (a sort of mask) Is this possible?

Do you mean a hole through an irregular solid?

It can be done, after a fashion. You have to put a couple of shapes together. [Screenshot - 2_3_2022 , 7_20_12 AM] How would you use it? There might be an easier way.

Thanks (so how did you do that?) I wanted to use it as a mask- eg for a site plan showing terrain with the building showing through the hole to retain some detail.

[image] Rudhamstile: wanted to use it as a mask- eg for a site plan showing terrain with the building showing through the hole to retain some detail. Masking a SketchUp viewport is simpler: You draw the “hole” shape over the viewport, select both it and the view, and the “use mask”(whatever i…

Not sure how Dave has done it but this what I would do… [hle]

[image] Rudhamstile: Thanks (so how did you do that?) Basically as @PaulMcAlenan showed. [image] Rudhamstile: with the building showing through the hole to retain some detail. As @Anssi indicated, if that is all coming from a SketchUp viewport you could use a Clipping Mask. Maybe with…

Also check this thread: [image] Reverse clipping mask LayOut It’s not easy to create ‘voids’ in LayOut, a simple substraction tool would be nice. If you use the line tool to set the ‘void’ and then add another vertex and drag that to an existing, it kind of works: [clippi…

I’m making a map where I would like to have a lot of holes within an amorphic 2d shape in Layout. I found a way to do this in Sketchup where the void surfaces are placed on an “off” tag. I then insert that into layout, render as vector, turn off background, then explode. the result is a shape with t…

Shape within a shape (hole)

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MikeWayzovski February 4, 2022, 5:47pm 8

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Shape within a shape (hole)

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