# Equivalent (PShape?) to Java2D Area subtract

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**Created:** [April 23, 2022, 11:06pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/equivalent-pshape-to-java2d-area-subtract/36559 "2022-04-23T23:06:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 24, 2022, 9:06am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/equivalent-pshape-to-java2d-area-subtract/36559/4 "2022-04-24T09:06:27Z")

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

You can use the [Processing Geometry Suite](https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-geometry-suite/29924) library to perform 2D boolean operations (addition, subtraction, intersection, etc.) on PShapes **directly**.

[![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/micycle1/PGS/master/resources/boolean/subtract.gif) ](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/micycle1/PGS/master/resources/boolean/subtract.gif)

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