Notice the checkerboard pattern showing through the negative space where the hole is.Īnd that’s all there is to it! Learn More If done correctly, you should have successfully cut a hole in your object, as indicated by my example below. With both objects selected, navigate to Path > Difference. You can also select them by clicking and dragging to create a bounding box that encapsulates them both. You can select both objects with the Select tool by holding Shift and clicking on each. Alternatively, you can simply press the Home key on your keyboard instead.Ĭlick and drag your object over the object you’d like to cut the hole into and position it exactly where you’d like the hole to be. So I’m going to make sure the star is raised to the top by selecting it and clicking the Raise Selection To The Top icon in the top toolbar.

The first thing I want to do is make sure that the object I wish to cut the hole with is positioned above the object I’m cutting it into. Everything must be ungrouped, and it cannot be more than 2 objects. This particular path function will not work on groups of paths.

Both objects must be individual paths.

It also cannot be paths that have filters, clips, or masks applied. They cannot be photos, raster images, text objects, or anything else that isn’t a path.

Both objects must be pure vector paths otherwise it will not work.

Whichever object is on top is going to be what gets cut into the object beneath it.

The object you wish to subtract must be positioned above the object you wish to subtract it from.

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