[Ipe-discuss] concentric circles with transparent centre

[Tim Hutt]

You could possibly do it by turning the two circles into regular n-gon
(in goodies), and then join them via two coincident lines, and change
the winding mode to the appropriate value.

I failed at the merging-paths stage though; I can't remember if it is
possible or I just forgot how.

It's not an ideal solution anyway, but if you just need it once it
might suffice.

On 12 November 2012 19:11, Alex Koudrin <alex.koudrin at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Ipe users,
>
> I'd like to draw two concentric circles and I would like to have the
> inner-most circle to have no fill/be transparent representing a hole. The
> area between the inner and outer circle is filled with black. Think of a
> washer (as related to nut and bolt) then you have it right.
>
> At the moment, the only way I do this is by filling the inner circle with
> white and filling the outer circle with black. That's normally fine, but I
> have a case where I need to put the image on a coloured background with the
> expectation that you would see the background through the inner circle hole.
> Is there a way to do this in Ipe? Note that this is in latex through ps so
> opacity probably can't be used.
>
> Any suggestions appreciated!
> Alex
>
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