Affinity designer subtract not working? What am I doing wrong?

[TPVPRO]

Both shapes are a solid /curve. For some reason the subtract is not subtracting. What am I doing wrong?

[thomaso]

Does it solve if you go menu Layer > Fill Mode > … (choose the currently not ticked option) ?

[TPVPRO]

7 minutes ago, thomaso said:

Does it solve if you go menu Layer > Fill Mode > … (choose the currently not ticked option) ?

No, the entire shape will go transparent no matter what line you select. 

[TPVPRO]

Here is the file? I got it to work but it makes zero since. I did a subtract then after that operation finished, I did a divide and then a subtract again and it worked? Why?  

J-Can.afdesign

[R C-R]

2 hours ago, TPVPRO said:

Here is the file? I got it to work but it makes zero since. I did a subtract then after that operation finished, I did a divide and then a subtract again and it worked? Why?  

All I did was set the Layer > Fill Mode > to "Alternate "(Even-Odd)" for each of the two layers & subtraction worked fine. (It would work just as well to set that fill mode after doing the subtraction, saving one step.)

J-Can winding fix.afdesign includes the history so you can see what I did.

[thomaso]

7 hours ago, TPVPRO said:

No, the entire shape will go transparent no matter what line you select.

If I open your file, select both layers and apply "subtract" I get the black only first. Then switching the fill mode works – no "divide" needed before.

If I choose "Show Orientation" in the context bar + click the button "Reverse Curves"    before using "Geometry" then "Subtract" works directly as wanted.

[TPVPRO]

4 hours ago, thomaso said:

If I choose "Show Orientation" in the context bar + click the button "Reverse Curves"    before using "Geometry" then "Subtract" works directly as wanted.

 

Awesome thanks! I knew there was something I was doing wrong. It had me scratching my head like WTF am I doing wrong? I am coming from illustrator and have a lot to learn. 💪