Divide a Square into 4 Equal Parts

[gwpriester]

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[Acorn]

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Sorry Gary, I don't see three cuts.

Acorn

[gwpriester]

Note: in Xara you don't need to use any cuts whatsoever.
Can you describe how?

I just did. If you are talking about doing this without three cuts then I have done it. I did it without cuts.

[gwpriester]

One cut, 4 squares.

Or, you can Add Shapes with the two lines, then Combine Shapes > Slice Shapes (Ctrl 4) but you still have to Arrange > Break Shapes.

[Acorn]

Gary, I apologise for the confusion. My bad.

The Challenge was based around physical cuts. So I was expecting a pattern with three physical cuts.

My original 4-cut is barkingly wrong as it only took three!!

Your zero-cut Xara approach is as you described, apart from the resultant squares are the same size as the original so you need a cloning and halving step at the beginning.
Your one-cut Xara approach with a cookie cutter of two crossed lines is also good.

I plead stupidity, but other than the three-cut I incorrectly included, is there another 3-cut using scissors still out there?
In fact, could the three-cut for the long rectangles even be done as a 2-cut scissor action?

Most humbled,
Acorn

[gwpriester]

I've exhausted my repertoire of moves.