Jaiess Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 When I try to divide these two curves, I get a bunch of lines that mess up. Why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 41 minutes ago, Jaiess said: When I try to divide these two curves, I get a bunch of lines that mess up. Why? It’s because the Boolean operations (‘Divide’ in particular) have been somewhat broken for a long time. A simple but tedious way to achieve the desired result is to duplicate the two original shapes, use ‘Intersect’ to isolate the overlap, and then subtract a copy of the overlap piece individually from each of the shapes you started with. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaiess Posted September 19, 2021 Author Share Posted September 19, 2021 4 minutes ago, Alfred said: It’s because the Boolean operations (‘Divide’ in particular) have been somewhat broken for a long time. A simple but tedious way to achieve the desired result is to duplicate the two original shapes, use ‘Intersect’ to isolate the overlap, and then subtract a copy of the overlap piece individually from each of the shapes you started with. Hm... interesting. That seems... kind of insane that something like that has gone for 'a long time' and still hasn't been fixed. I'm trying to avoid using Illustrator, but stuff like this makes it difficult to support Affinity Designer. I guess they already have my money though. Thanks for the response Alfred. Andy05 and Alfred 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PixelPest Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 In your first screenshot the dark shape seems a weird brush stroke. When I take a "clean" shape Division simply works: Unless I miss your point here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaiess Posted September 19, 2021 Author Share Posted September 19, 2021 1 minute ago, PixelPest said: In your first screenshot the dark shape seems a weird brush stroke. When I take a "clean" shape Division simply works: Unless I miss your point here. The dark shape, the shadow, is a shape created using the pen tool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaiess Posted September 19, 2021 Author Share Posted September 19, 2021 3 minutes ago, PixelPest said: In your first screenshot the dark shape seems a weird brush stroke. When I take a "clean" shape Division simply works: Unless I miss your point here. I've recreated the issue, as I ended up using Albert's fix originally. This is to show that it's a curve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jaiess Posted September 19, 2021 Author Share Posted September 19, 2021 6 hours ago, PixelPest said: AD Weirdness.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wosven Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 You need to convert your Smart nodes to Smooth nodes to get a cleaner result. Alfred 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaiess Posted September 19, 2021 Author Share Posted September 19, 2021 7 minutes ago, Wosven said: You need to convert your Smart nodes to Smooth nodes to get a cleaner result. That solved the issue. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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