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support boolean operations on shapes

See original GitHub issue

Reference from #1905, it would be great if this feature is accepted

Supports:

Boolean operations: Diference Union Exclusion Intersection Keyboard shortcuts: Supports all basic shape except Arrow

Desktop

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Mobile

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Created 3 years ago
Reactions:15
Comments:15 (7 by maintainers)

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haan123commented, Jul 12, 2020

Hi @vjeux ,

Firstly, thank you for your great app 👍

There are many use cases, they can be grouped into 2 main elements:

The creativity

Assume i want to built a prototype for my new mobile app from Excalidraw, then:

I need a triangle for caret icon, i can achive this by using the Line tool, but with all the curves, it does’t look like arrow to me , by using new feature, i just need to draw rectangle and diamond shapes, then operate the Difference action Or i want to have a gear for my settings icon like this captured (1) Or a avatar icon captured (2)

You can create any shape you want, the limit depends only on your imagination

The convenience

Have you tried to make a caret by using Excalidraw on mobile? well, i think the only way to make one is using the Line tool, but it’s nearly impossible to close the path with your big thumb 👍 , so you will wish if you have ability to cut out a rectangle and a diamond to make this caret

I think this is a needed feature for all vector drawing tools, in fact, this is the most feature i have used when designing in Inkscape

Thanks!

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lipiscommented, Aug 20, 2020

We decided to have a pass on this feature.

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