Boolean Operations

Boolean operations combine or subtract polygon regions, producing new geometry from the intersection, union, or difference of existing shapes.

Tool	Description
Merge Overlapping	Combine overlapping polygons on the same layer into single shapes
De-embed Polygons	Remove inner polygons from outer polygons (create holes)
Extract Holes	Convert holes in polygons to separate shapes
Layer Boolean	Perform boolean operations between two layers
File Boolean	Perform boolean operations between two files
Layer Mask	Use one layer as a mask to clip geometry on another layer

For detailed hole representation behavior used by Merge Overlapping, see Merge Hole Output Modes.