coreldraw x5 : cutting out parts of a design

[Mark @ Hurricane Printing]

in coreldraw x5....how do you remove part of an object of a design that has another object laid on top of it?

meaning, when i lay a new object over an existing object....i want to permanently delete all parts of the existing object which is now hidden by the new object laid on top of it.

[cbjamel]

Trim, I think what you want front to back selection or vice versa depending what you are doing.
Shane

[Mark @ Hurricane Printing]

Trim, I think what you want front to back selection or vice versa depending what you are doing.
Shane

i know about front to back and back to front...but that doesn't delete what is now covered....all that does is remove it from sight....i want to delete it permanently for what im trying to accomplish.

[Mr Tees!!]

There is a commad called "back minus front". I use it quite a lot, so I made a button on a toolbar.....therefore I don't know where you would find the command, perhaps under "arrange"? You could probably do a search in the help menu.

[tonyt79]

Back minus front and front minus back would be what you want. They can be tricky.

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[Frog]

Arrange/Shaping/Back minus Front (or Front minus Back)

[Mark @ Hurricane Printing]

ok...i almost got it...i did the "back minus the front"....and it made the top image vanish..I dont want the top image to vanish....i need to put a stroke on the back image on only part of the back image that is exposed when the top image is on top of it.

kinda of confusing what im asking i guess.....but im still not where i need to be with this underbase

[Frog]

So you make a copy (duplicate) and do the back minus front, and use that for your stroked area. (to try to keep things straight, I'll call it stroke copy).  Now, you can make another copy of the whole original, and delete the back minus front part you just stroked in Stroke Copy, and paste the remaining piece to the stroked back minus front in Stroke Copy. Now you have the stroked back object and un-stroked front object on the same page.
Whew, hard to explain without confusing!

[Mr Tees!!]

ok...i almost got it...i did the "back minus the front"....and it made the top image vanish..I dont want the top image to vanish....i need to put a stroke on the back image on only part of the back image that is exposed when the top image is on top of it.

kinda of confusing what im asking i guess.....but im still not where i need to be with this underbase

Before you do a "back minus front", select the front object and hit ctrl+C (makes a virtual copy). Then, select both objects and do the back-minus-front.  Then, press shift+insert, which will "paste" the original top object in the same place.

[larryk]

Couldn't you just use "simplify" and then do your stroke to the objects that need it...................

[Frog]

Something that will soon become apparent is that there is usually more than one way to skin these cats in CorelDRAW, and I assume Illy as well.

[larryk]

There might be more than one way to skin 'em but in my opinion only one way to cook 'em......... Deep Fried...... YUM

[screenxpress]

Where is CYW gal when ya need her?

I think if you just leave them alone, it knocks out the overlap on the back when you print. No?

[Mark @ Hurricane Printing]

here is the PDF (and also a jpeg) of what im up against....you can see i have a green stroke around the oval EXCEPT where the text lay over the oval.....THAT is the part of the oval im trying to put the green stroke.

i've tried the suggestions and still cant figure it out.

[ole jobe]

Not sure if the attachment will show but this what I understand you want.