Inkscape, I Want to beef up a Circle over a PDF pattern

[woodcutter]

Im using inkscape . I use Steves (Deer ornaments 2 sizes) pattern in inkscape. I made a grey circle, slightly larger than the pattern circle and cut out the center of the circle.
How do I weld the circle over the patturn circle? I've looked on youtube with no luck.
I have tryed to draw a box around the pattern to select it but the pattern moves.
Jim

[don in brooklin on]

Have you tried to turn off all the snap to objects off.

Go document properties and the 4th option on top is SNAP.  That stops the pattern moving.  There maybe other ways to turn off too.


Is this what you are looking for?

[woodcutter]

Yes. that is the picture. There are 3 sections for snap.  1 Objects. 2 grids .   3 Guides. what do i shut off?
i couldnt load the pic as it was too large.
Jim

[don in brooklin on]

I think it is only the first one that snaps object to each other at the nodes.  Sometimes you want this but it is a problem with this kind of object. 

I turn them all to zero when I have this issue in any case.


I am a hacker at Inkscape and I got this tip on SSV.


If you send you email address to donmcfarland@rogers.com I can send you the SVG that I used as a test/