Booleans...subtract..having a little trouble getting it to work

[VectorCat]

I have a rectangle on top of a larger rectangle and when I have both selected and press the subtract boolean icon, the  larger disappears leaving the smaller.

 

My goal is to cut a notch out of the bigger rectangle with the smaller one.

 

Can someone point me in the right...procedural direction?

 

thank you!

[MattP]

Hi VectorCat,

 

The rule is: The top object will subtract from the bottom object.

 

If this isn't happening, could you post a simple example file here and I can take a look, please? :)

 

Thanks,

Matt

[VectorCat]

Yeah, I can throw that up later on..I think it was a temporary glitch; I came back later and it worked...no clue why it didn't work, but later did.

 

my instinct was right having the "cutting" shape be on top, tho...