Add to create new Object from two existing objects

[RainerH]

Hello,

I drew two rectangles with roundet corners (1) and then I used the add tool (2) to put them together. Waht I got is a new form (3) but I aspected it a little bit different (4).

Please take a look to the attached screenshots.

I think it's a mistake on my part, but I found no way to make it work. I've changed the two objects into curves but it doesn't work then.

Thank you for your help.

Rainer

[PaulEC]

Just tried it and got the same result.

It only seems to happen with rounded rectangles, not normal ones.

If you start with a normal rectangle and give it rounded corners, it seems to work as expected.

 This must be yet another bug!🙁

[RainerH]

When I move the verticale rectagle up (not the layer - its allready on top but from it's position) so that is positioned from the middle of the horizontal rectangel upwards, then it worked. When I opened a new drawing and drew the example new it worked with the old positions.... crazy... 

[Aammppaa]

@RainerH I'd strongly recommend that you search the forum before posting.

This Boolean bug has been reported many many (many) times already - and has been fixed in the latest Beta versions.

You can either wait until the fix is released as a retail version, or grab the beta now from: https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/forum/33-designer-beta-on-windows/

Or for a quick fix: rotate both shapes together to an arbitrary angle (try 15 degrees) then add, and finally rotate back to zero.

[RainerH]

Sorry, next time I search first. And thank you for writing the solution into your post.