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Chapter 23

Boolean Operations and Primitives

Learning Objectives

In this chapter, we introduce a set of tools, called Boolean operators that allow important additive and subtractive interactions between objects. We also introduce the concept of AutoCAD primitive shapes, known as just primitives. We specifically look at

Union

Subtract

Intersect

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