Snapping to guideline - Designer can't merge properly

[g3tup]

Hey guys!

 

I've been struggling with this problem for a while, and since I didn't find good solution I decided to ask you. When I create symmetric object in Designer I draw just the half of it next to the guideline. Then I duplicate it, flip and move the the guideline from the other side. But when I merge these two shapes they are still separate. I mean they are one shape, but the nodes that were on the guideline are sill separate. I added screenshot to picture the situation.

 

Anyone know the right solution?

[MEB]

Hi g3tup,

Welcome to Affinity Forums :)

What do you mean by merging? How are you doing it? Are you adding them (boolean operation)?

[g3tup]

Hi MEB,

yes, sorry, I use the "Add" button in the top section of Designer.

[MEB]

Do you have Snap to guides and Snap to object bounding boxes enabled in the Snapping manager (menu View ▸ Snapping Manager...)?

Having just a guide there is not enough. The nodes/paths must overlap. Snapping will ensure they are properly aligned to the guide/other objects.

[g3tup]

I have them checked. So if the shapes like these ones on my screenshot are overlapping, then after adding there will be three nodes, when there's only one needed. Am I sure? Or there is some other easy way to merge two shapes without overlapping them?

[MEB]

Assuming that the shapes are two rectangles overlapping, the line in the middle should disappear as well as its respective nodes, so you will end with a bigger rectangle with a total of four nodes.

If this is not happening the rectangles are not correctly aligned or their lines are not exactly vertical/horizontal.