Knife tool

The Knife tool allows you to slice contours (multi source editing works as well). Click the icon in the toolbar, or use the short cuts below.

short cut description
3 Select tool

Actions

action description
click + drag Show intersection points
click + drag + release Slice
⇧ + click + drag Show intersection points with angle constrained to multiples of 45°.
⇧ + click + drag + release Slice with angle constrained to multiples of 45°.

Knife Tool introduction