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I am trying to split a polygon by a line using the Clipper library. After the execution of clipping, it returns empty path. Can someone suggest the right way to do the same.

Paths clip(2),soln;
clip[0] << IntPoint(-264,-210) << IntPoint(650,-209);
Path sub = clip[0];
Path poly << IntPoint(531,49) << IntPoint(-21,49) << IntPoint(-970,-961) << IntPoint(-945,-1019) << IntPoint(1045,-1071) ;
Clipper c;
 c.AddPath(poly,ptSubject,true);
    c.AddPath(sub,ptClip,true);
    c.Execute(ctIntersection,soln,pftNonZero, pftNonZero);
   std::cout << soln.size() << "soln size";

The soln size is zero.

saitej
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Clipper does not allow lines (open paths) to clip polygons (closed paths). However it does allow lines to be clipped by polygons. (More info here.)

Also, in your code, both paths (subject and clip) appear to be added as closed paths, and since the subject has no area, the intersection of this with the clip polygon will also have no area, hence the empty solution.

Angus Johnson
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