Remove Duplicates

Removes duplicate shapes that occupy the same position on the same layer.

When to Use

• After merging files that may contain overlapping geometry
• When imported files have redundant duplicate shapes
• To clean up geometry before boolean operations

Options

Option	Description	Default
Tolerance	Maximum positional difference to consider shapes as duplicates	0.0
Selected layers only	Apply to selected layers instead of all	Off

How It Works

1. Groups shapes by layer
2. Compares shapes within each layer by vertex coordinates
3. Removes shapes that are identical (within tolerance) to another shape on the same layer
4. Retains one copy of each unique shape

Technical Notes

• Shapes must be on the same layer to be considered duplicates
• The tolerance allows for small coordinate differences from floating-point rounding
• This tool processes all shape types (polygons, paths, circles, text)