gdsfactory.geometry.boolean

gdsfactory.geometry.boolean(A: Component | ComponentReference | tuple[Component | ComponentReference, ...], B: Component | ComponentReference | tuple[Component | ComponentReference, ...], operation: str, precision: float = 0.0001, layer: LayerSpec = (1, 0)) → Component

Performs boolean operations between 2 Component/Reference/list objects.

operation should be one of {‘not’, ‘and’, ‘or’, ‘xor’, ‘A-B’, ‘B-A’, ‘A+B’}. Note that ‘A+B’ is equivalent to ‘or’, ‘A-B’ is equivalent to ‘not’, and ‘B-A’ is equivalent to ‘not’ with the operands switched

You can also use gdsfactory.drc.boolean_klayout

Parameters:

• A – Component(/Reference) or list of Component(/References).

• B – Component(/Reference) or list of Component(/References).

• operation – {‘not’, ‘and’, ‘or’, ‘xor’, ‘A-B’, ‘B-A’, ‘A+B’}.

• precision – float Desired precision for rounding vertex coordinates.

• layer – Specific layer to put polygon geometry on.

Returns: Component with polygon(s) of the boolean operations between

the 2 input Components performed.

Notes

• ‘A+B’ is equivalent to ‘or’.

• ‘A-B’ is equivalent to ‘not’.

• ‘B-A’ is equivalent to ‘not’ with the operands switched.

import gdsfactory as gf

c1 = gf.components.circle(radius=10).ref()
c2 = gf.components.circle(radius=9).ref()
c2.movex(5)

c = gf.geometry.boolean(c1, c2, operation="xor")
c.plot_matplotlib()

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