I'm trying to create a kettlebell icon which is symmetrical around a vertical axis. I'm pretty sure that in the past, with a similar requirement, I've created half the design, duplicated it, flipped the copy, repositioned it and then unioned it with the original to create the intended shape. I don't recall any issues. This one has me scratching my head. In order to ensure the smooth continuity of the curves between the two halves I need the vertical curves at the join to be removed. I was expecting that to happen when I clicked on the union button. These are pixel aligned nodes with snapping on.
Is there a clean way to do this without all the fiddle of breaking the curves and joining them back up again? Any thoughts on the "correct" way to do this?
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