Boolean Operations

Boolean operations combine two polygons using one of the following intersection formulas:

• Union: combines the two polygons together to form a new polygon. The internal intersections are ignored and only the maximum external profile is used to define the new shape.
• Subtract: uses the second polygon as a “clipping” shape to remove the intersecting area from the first polygon.
• Intersection: creates a new shape by the intersection of the two polygons and discards the outer perimeter.
• Exclusion: the opposite of Intersection, it shows only the areas of the two polygons that do not overlap.

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▶︎ Boolean operations must be applied to linear polygons: rectangles, regular polygons, hatches, polylines with straight segments.

▶︎ The order of selection matters: the first object selected acts as the base shape and the second object as the clipping shape. The polygon resulted from the boolean operation inherits the properties of the base object.