Equivalent (PShape?) to Java2D Area subtract

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Hi there. I’m trying to grasp the relationship between PShape and java.awt.Shape. In particular, how can I subtract one PShape from another, or intersect them. E.g. new java.awt.geom.Area(shape1).subtract(new java.awt.geom.Area(shape2)). Is that possible?

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Hello,

One way…

Reference:

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Thanks, I saw beginContour; but can I “paste” an existing PShape here? Or do I have to retrace all vertices? Seems rather low level approach.

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There’s not really any relationship between PShape and awt.Shape.

You can use the Processing Geometry Suite library to perform 2D boolean operations (addition, subtraction, intersection, etc.) on PShapes directly.

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