scal 1 and inkscape 0.47 help

[scarystories]

hi
have been looking at bluerobots tutorials. im having a problem with the snowflake one. Everytime i combine the circles and the rectangles the inner circle dissapears. is this because of the new version of ink?
sorry to be a pain and thanks xxx

[papasue]

Yes, that is the most likely the problem. You need to know your version of Inkscape and do the appropriate "fix", such as a path/union on circles and rectangles instead of a path/object to path.

Also remember how old SCAL1 is so that could also be a problem with Ink 0.47. An upgrade to SCAL2 would be advisable I think.

Good Luck, I hope you work it out.

[scarystories]

uninstalled inkscape47 and installed an older version and its still doing it. i havent got as far as importing it to scal. can't afford to upgrade at the moment. thanks for the help xxx

[AnointedHands]

Not exactly sure what you are doing. In INK.47, you can draw a circle on a square (or vice versa), select both shapes, Path>Combine and you will end up with a square with a hole in it.

I haven't watched her tuts so I am not sure what's going on. If many of her tuts were created using .46, that might be where the problem lies. Some functions are different between the two version.