Pathfinder Differences

[evtonic3]

Can someone explain why the AI pathfinder is deemed superior to AD in terms of capability? I know there are different modes (sorry its been a while) that one can use apart from the standard boolean operations.

[Aammppaa]

1. The current Boolean operations in Affinity often create excess nodes, and orphaned / unnecessary pieces, especially where edges are aligned.

2. Affinity can be very slow at Boolean operations. 

I had one operation this week take more than 6 minutes to compute. And this was just a sample section from a larger graphic. 

3. The Pathfinder tool is visual and interactive, so you can preview the result as you use it to define the areas you want to keep / discard.