Replicating the Divide Pathfinder tool in Illustrator.

[Rmflagg]

The boolean functions in Inkscape are missing only one
function, and it's one that I used most often in
Illustrator, the Divide pathfinder function.
If you have object A and object B and they intersect,
when using the Divide function, it cuts along their
intersect creating a new object that is comprised of
the intersect.
It would be the same as combining the Intersection and
Exclustion tools into one. The result would be instead
of having just a new object A and new object B, you now
also have a new object, C which is the intersect of A
and B.

[Buliabyak-users (buliabyak-users)]

We already have a Divide which works more logically (IMHO).
But if someone implements the Illustrator algorithm and call
it "Divide all" or "Mutual divide" or even "Illustrator
divide" I won't object.

[Rmflagg (rmflagg)]

That's great to hear! I hope that someone can put it into
effect!
I know that it might not be the most logical of functions,
but the amount of work it saves me when I can create
multiple new shapes in only one step is fantastic!

[ryan (edwardsbertrand)]

I wholeheartedly concur that the Divide function is one of the tools I use the most in Illustrator, as a common step toward slicing shapes to combine into a new element (often removing pieces I don't want and then unifying everything into one shape). I've worked out an extended workaround in Inkscape, but a quick "Divide All" function is the only thing I really miss in moving from Illustrator (otherwise, several things I like better!).