Affinity Designer Bug or weird feature?

[abra100pro]

Using the newest version as of today when I combine two shapes I don't get consistent results. See short movie.

[Golokios]

Its because, you converted it to Curves the one time

[abra100pro]

35 minutes ago, Golokios said:

Its because, you converted it to Curves the one time

Nope, that's not it. tried it again - works with curves the same.

[PixelPest]

41 minutes ago, Golokios said:

Its because, you converted it to Curves the one time

That´s for sure not the reason.

I tried all I can think of but it works here everytime without exception.

[PixelPest]

@abra100pro can you try this procedure on a normal canvas - not an Artboard?

[dutchshader]

48 minutes ago, PixelPest said:

I tried all I can think of but it works here everytime without exception.

the same here, works every time on a artboard and a normal canvas.

[abra100pro]

Artboard is not the issue - same with just a normal document.

Also no difference based on the document setup (print/web)

[PixelPest]

That´s for sure a bug: I found out: when you draw you chimney inside the house shape (bounding-box) Boolean-add  which means it´s smaller than the height of the house than it will be just adding shapes - but not Boolean-add - and this works all the time. 

[abra100pro]

incredible! Thanks for finding out!

[abra100pro]

Will Serif get this from out of the forum?

[PixelPest]

I can write a bug report and lead to this thread. This is a serious bug in the Boolean operations tool set.

[Move Along People]

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[PixelPest]

SO it´s on Windows also. Reported here: 

If you might want to add more info.

 

[dutchshader]

yep definitly a bug, good find @PixelPest

[MEB]

Thanks all,
Issue logged to be looked at.

[mnky]

@abra100pro - can you try reversing the curve of one of the objects using the Node Tool before you "Add" them?   Does this fix the problem?

 

[MEB]

Hi mnky,
Reversing the curve does fix the issue.

[mnky]

I've noticed with Affinity Designer that the compound actions like "Add" and "Subtract" can create unwanted lines between objects and I'll need to reverse the curves to stop this happening.

[MEB]

Hi mnky,
Designer should calculate the correct result without the need to reverse the path. We need to review the boolean operations code to fix these and a few other known issues. 

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