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If you want to group the segments after the divide, enable the Group divisions check box.
If you want the segments to be combined as one object, enable the Combine divisionscheck box. Disable the check box if you want the
segments to be individual objects.
If you do not want to delete the original object, disable the Delete selected objectcheck box.
4 Click Apply.
This feature creates a copy of the object and applies the divisions to the new object. If you do not delete the original object, you will
have two objects one on top of the other, and the object will appear unchanged.
The resulting object inherits the original object’s edge and fill properties.
You can divide curves, arcs, rectangles, and polygons. To divide other objects, you must first convert them to curves. You cannot
divide images.
You can select multiple objects to divide at one time. If you also enable the Group divisionscheck box, all the objects that you divide
are grouped into a single group.
To break a path
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To Do the following
Break a path
Click the Shape tool . Select a node, and click the Break curve
button on the property bar.
Extract a broken path from an object
Click the Shape tool . Right-click a path, and click Break apart.
Select a segment, node, or group of nodes that represents the
portion of the path that you want to extract, and click the Extract
subpath button on the property bar.
To erase portions of an object
1 Select an object.
2
Click the Deletion tools button, and click the Eraser tool .
3 Drag over the object.
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You can also 
Change the size of the eraser nib Type a value in the Eraser thickness box on the property bar, and
press Enter.
Change the shape of the eraser nib
Click the Eraser shape button on the property bar.
Maintain all the nodes of the area that is being erased
Disable the Reduce nodes button on the property bar.
Adjust the size of the eraser nib Type a value in the Eraser thickness box on the property bar.