Hello! I'm attempting to prep complex artwork for a laser cutter. One would think I could remove any lines underneath a closed shape? But the results never end up looking all that good if I'm using the "shape builder" tool or "minus shape in front". They end up affecting other parts of the artwork not near the intended area, as seen on the screen recording.
Can one not just sheer/cut/crop/delete underneath a selected shape? I could go around and manually clean it up but that would take forever on how complex this artwork is... this is just one layer out of 50.
A clipping mask creates the PERFECT result but it's not distructive... so the cutter will still attempt to follow those lines.