ssart Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Hi there! I'm a beginner in illustration and graphic designing. I'm currently confused when I try to add a shape with a shape, they form a silhouette of the shapes. But when i try to add a shape with a pencil or pen stroke, they are not forming a silhouette of the shape and the stroke. Hope you guys can help me. Thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_B_C Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Hi ssart, geometric Boolean operations can be applied only to paths that enclose an area, which means you cannot add (intersect, subtract, etc.) a straight line and a rectangle, for instance. But you can always use Layer > Expand Stroke to create a closed path from your straight line and apply a Boolean operation to the result afterwards. Hope that helps … :) Alex ssart 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 It is just a quirk of the app that a straight line (one with only two end nodes) can't be added to another shape -- regardless of its stroke width, it is considered to enclose no area, so it doesn't add to (or subtract from) any other shape it is combined with. There are several ways around this, the simplest one being to use the Expand stroke option on the Layers menu, but since the Expand stroke command usually adds extra nodes, it may not be the best one. Another alternative is to substitute a thin rectangle or rounded rectangle for the line, positioned & rotated as needed. This will create a new shape with the minimum number of nodes needed. A_B_C and ssart 2 Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_B_C Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Yes, the extra nodes are a downside of the method, but I am sure this algorithm will be improved soon … :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssart Posted September 8, 2016 Author Share Posted September 8, 2016 Thank you friends Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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