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Thanks, MEB! I've attached the source file here. subtraction-issue.afdesign

Well this is really odd... Right after posting this I was rotating the shapes and tried subtracting again and it *miraculously* worked! Basically if you rotate the shapes by any amount (other than 0 and 180) the subtraction tool works perfectly. No idea why or how that makes any sense but fixed the problem anyway. Thought I'd share in case others had the same issue. -Ryan

Hi, I'm experiencing a very strange issue with the "subtraction" tool in Designer. I'm attempting to subtract one very basic shape (a circle) from another (a rectangle). For some reason, if the circle's diameter is larger than the rectangle height, I get some funky artifacts showing up around the edges where the shapes intersect. If the circle's diameter is smaller than or equal to the rectangle height, the issue 'magically' goes away. I've attached a PDF of what's going on. Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Ryan subtraction.pdf

For anyone still looking for a *relatively* painless solution to this, here's a decent workaround: 1. create & format your table in Excel and print to pdf 2. Place newly created pdf in a new Affinity doc & double click table to 'edit' 3. select table and Convert to Curves (this will prevent the formatting from going haywire when you copy/paste) 4. group the converted table elements, copy, and paste into target document The downside is you can't easily edit the table contents, formatting, etc. once it's pasted, but this will at least allow you to resize and position and you can pretty quickly/easily cycle through the steps again. In reality, table formatting is probably better left to a program designed for that purpose (e.g. Excel)... Hope that helps! -Ryan