Please help to combine objects

[nivoa]

Hi there i am new in inkspace and need your help
i got this to objects and want just the red heart shape (see above). i painted to red circles and to overlaying white. how to go on to get just the red forms ?
I tried to combine but nothing happened.
thanks in advance.
you help is very very appreciated
nivoa

[brynn]

Welcome to the forum!

Do you mean that underneath the white ovals there are red ovals?  And you want to use the white ones to "cut out" the red ones?  If that's what you want, then you need to select both the red and the white.  Then do Path menu > Difference.

To do that, the 2 white ovals need to be one single object.  So if they are separate, then before you do the Difference, you need to select both white ovals and do Path menu > Union (or Path menu > Combine would work as well, in this case).  And if the red ovals are 2 separate objects, you need to do the same thing with those.  After that, you can do the Difference.

[nivoa]

No i wanted just the red line above, first i created a heart with two red circles. the white circles should not be seen at the end just the red line above

[brynn]

Yes, that's what my instructions will do.  The white circles will disappear, leaving only what you see of the red circles.  Try it 

If the 2 red circles are 2 separate circles, you need to select them, and do Path menu > Union.  If the white circles are also separate, do the same thing with those.  This will make the 2 separate circles into one object.

Select the new red object and the new white object, then do Path menu > Difference.