# Cookie Cutter

**URL:** <https://forums.chaos.com/t/cookie-cutter/55195>\
**Category:** Off-topic\
**Created:** [September 5, 2015, 4:52pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/cookie-cutter/55195 "2015-09-05T16:52:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![glorybound](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/glorybound/32/53992_2.png) [@glorybound](https://forums.chaos.com/u/glorybound)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2015, 4:52pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/cookie-cutter/55195/1 "2015-09-05T16:52:46Z")

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I am trying to use the shapemerge tool, however it is failing; absolutely nothing happens. I simply want to carve out some paths on a plane. Has anyone come across this? Is there a workaround.

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**Author:** ![Morbid\_Angel](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/morbid_angel/32/21272_2.png) [@Morbid\_Angel](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Morbid_Angel)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2015, 11:00pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/cookie-cutter/55195/2 "2015-09-05T23:00:56Z")

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are you trying to do all shapes at once? maybe try one at a time? make sure the splines are closed splines.

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**Author:** ![glorybound](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/glorybound/32/53992_2.png) [@glorybound](https://forums.chaos.com/u/glorybound)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 12:40am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/cookie-cutter/55195/3 "2015-09-06T00:40:34Z")

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One at a time doesn’t even work. No worries, I worked around it.