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How to remove part of a design

  • August 22, 2023
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I have a design where I would like to completely remove part of the border with an angled edge. I have tried using the pen tool to create a vector over the area I want to remove and then removing it using booleans but none of the options seem to work. I just want to erase part of it but can’t seem to find a simple way to do this. Can anyone tell me how I could achieve this look?

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This is what I am trying to achieve. The border connects all the way around and in this pic I have just used some white rectangles covering them to try to show you what I’m after.

Any help would be much appreciated 🙂

Best answer by Tom Reem

Hello ​@HollyNZ — thanks for the question, and thanks ​@Pavel_Kiselev for offering that solution. I wanted to step in here because there's now a more direct way to do this. We recently launched an eraser for vector editing. Select your layer, press Enter to open vector edit mode, then press Shift+E and drag over the part you want to remove.

For more details on where to find it and how it works, have a look at this announcement: 🎨 Erase and drag to fill for vector editing.

If you have more feedback or suggestions, please don't hesitate to reach out in → Share Your Feedback.

 

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    Pavel_Kiselev
    • Pavel_Kiselev
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    • August 22, 2023

    Boolean should do the trick. Have your two rectangles with a stroke combined using union. This will produce a vector with no strokes but fills. Then place what you have in white and use one more Boolean to mask the area you are after

      Tom Reem
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      • Tom Reem
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      • August 25, 2026

      Hello ​@HollyNZ — thanks for the question, and thanks ​@Pavel_Kiselev for offering that solution. I wanted to step in here because there's now a more direct way to do this. We recently launched an eraser for vector editing. Select your layer, press Enter to open vector edit mode, then press Shift+E and drag over the part you want to remove.

      For more details on where to find it and how it works, have a look at this announcement: 🎨 Erase and drag to fill for vector editing.

      If you have more feedback or suggestions, please don't hesitate to reach out in → Share Your Feedback.

       

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