How to do boolean operations in LayoutEditor

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| 8.1 How to do boolean operations in LayoutEditor

Our starting point for this example is a circle as drawn in Draw circles in LayoutEditor . |
For any boolean operation, we need at least two entities. Step one is therefore to draw a square around the circle using the box drawing tool. Via the menu Draw->Properties, set the dimensions and centre of the square. |

Here comes the tricky and less logical part(despite it is a boolean operation :) )
- Deselect everything via the Select menu.
- Via the select menu, select the circle using 'Form Select'.
- Under menu Utilities, chose boolean and set A
- Deselect everything via the Select menu.
- Via the select menu, select the square using 'Form Select'.
- Under menu Utilities, chose boolean and set B
Under utilities, use 'Subtract A from B' or 'A EXOR B'
Your result should look like .
Last step is to delete the circle . When doing this, please not that the original shapes is still present so you will have to delete all unwanted geometries.

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Last updated: June. 2009 24.06.2009