MickRose Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 If I create the top 2 shapes with the pen tool, then press the "add" on the tool bar, the shapes get joined up. Strange. Windows 10 Pro, I5 3.3G PC 16G RAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Sean P Posted March 8, 2019 Staff Share Posted March 8, 2019 Hi Mick, I've reproduced this and will get it passed on to development. Thanks for letting us know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickRose Posted March 8, 2019 Author Share Posted March 8, 2019 Seems to happen in the release version as well. I'm surprised I hadn't noticed it before. Sean P 1 Windows 10 Pro, I5 3.3G PC 16G RAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MattP Posted March 8, 2019 Staff Share Posted March 8, 2019 The boolean geometry operations only operate on closed shapes at the moment, hence the behaviour you're seeing... In the future they may work on open shapes as expected too... Mark Ingram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JET_Affinity Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 For what it's worth, I actually prefer for Boolean operations to require closed paths, or at least filled paths. It's more intuitive, especially for newcomers. I've seen confusion caused by this among beginner users of Illustrator for decades. JET Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 4 hours ago, Sean P said: I've reproduced this and will get it passed on to development. Thanks for letting us know I thought it was by design that unclosed curves are automatically closed before Boolean operations. 3 hours ago, MickRose said: Seems to happen in the release version as well. I'm surprised I hadn't noticed it before. I’m surprised, too! As far as I’m aware, it’s always been that way. 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...
MickRose Posted March 8, 2019 Author Share Posted March 8, 2019 I can see why closed shapes are required. I think what I was looking for was Geometry/Merge Curves - didn't know it was already there! Windows 10 Pro, I5 3.3G PC 16G RAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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