Cannot use pathfinder / Geometry if objects are grouped

[Zackariasa]

I can't use the pathfinder / Geometry if the objects are in a group, it's very difficult for me to work with, whereas if I use CorelDraw or Ai it's very helpful, because there's no need to back up the object.
as an example :
i want to cut one side of the object curve group with one other curve that is not in the group, the Subtract, Intersect, and Xor buttons don't work.

 

ask for a solution, and hopefully it will be fixed soon.
Thank you very much

[loukash]

43 minutes ago, Zackariasa said:

cut one side of the object curve group with one other curve that is not in the group, the Subtract, Intersect, and Xor buttons don't work

That's the "Affinity logic" (and I don't even mean it pejoratively) of Group layers: the top object wants to interact with the selection, but the actual "Group" layer is empty; the objects inside are its children. So strictly "mathematically speaking", there's nothing for the top object to interact with.

So if you want to interact with the children, you can:

• open the group layer and select each child layer (click the top one, then shift-click the bottom one), then command- click (control-click on Win? – no idea) to add the top object
• move the top object into the group and select all children but not the parent "Group" layer
• Layer menu > Promote Group To Layer and move the top object into the layer
• … & various combinations thereof…
• depending on which result you want to achieve, you may also want to use "Layer > Geometry > Merge Curves instead of grouping the objects you want to cut

43 minutes ago, Zackariasa said:

to back up the object

Option-click on the boolean buttons creates a non-destructive compound object (technically a "Compound" layer).

[Zackariasa]

Thank you for your advice,
it makes sense, but a little more complicated
if we make a little layer in the artwork, I can still tolerate it.
but I often create illustrations with many layers, and it is very distracting and difficult.

[loukash]

3 hours ago, Zackariasa said:

I often create illustrations with many layers

If that's the case, you may probably want to avoid too complex boolean operations anyway. Affinity's booleans are … pathetic, to put it mildly. Every now and then I'd end up copying my paths to AI CS5, apply the pathfinder and copy them back. Example:

 

[Zackariasa]

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If that's the case, you may probably want to avoid too complex boolean operations anyway. Affinity's booleans are … pathetic, to put it mildly. Every now and then I'd end up copying my paths to AI CS5, apply the pathfinder and copy them back

oh ya...
thats make me crazy too.. 😢