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Old 05-07-2004, 10:26 AM   #1
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Hello
I just wanted to know how do i subtract from an object?
say ive got a square on 1 layer and i want to cut a smaller
square out of tha object which is on another layer. How do i
do it?

thanks for the help
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Old 05-07-2004, 11:17 AM   #2
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Construct tab, Boolean operation, click subtract. Make sure you have the object you want to act as the knife in the background layer. I'm assuming you know how to setup a foreground and background layer.

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