Add xor2d

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ The format of this changelog is based on
 [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/), and this project adheres to
 [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
 
+## Upcoming
+
+  - Added `xor2d` for polygon XOR
+
 ## 1.6.0 (2025-10-16)
 
   - Improved metadata handling for `LayoutTarget` and `SolidModelTarget`

docs/src/polygons.md

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ For example, if you ask for the bounding box of a path node (which could define
 
 ## Clipping
 
-Geometric Boolean operations on polygons are called "clipping" operations. For 2D geometry, these—`union2d`, `difference2d`, and `intersection2d`—are the only geometric Booleans available. Other geometry types are first converted to polygons using `to_polygons` to perform clipping.
+Geometric Boolean operations on polygons are called "clipping" operations. For 2D geometry, these—`union2d`, `difference2d`, `intersection2d`, and `xor2d`—are the only geometric Booleans available. Other geometry types are first converted to polygons using `to_polygons` to perform clipping.
 
 !!! info
 
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ More general operations may be accomplished using the `clip` function.
     union2d
     difference2d
     intersect2d
+    xor2d
     clip
     cliptree
 ```

src/DeviceLayout.jl

@@ -385,7 +385,8 @@ import .Polygons:
     rounded_corner,
     sweep_poly,
     unfold,
-    union2d
+    union2d,
+    xor2d
 export Polygons,
     Polygon,
     Ellipse,
@@ -409,7 +410,8 @@ export Polygons,
     rounded_corner,
     sweep_poly,
     unfold,
-    union2d
+    union2d,
+    xor2d
 
 include("align.jl")
 using .Align

src/polygons.jl

@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@ export circle,
     rounded_corner,
     sweep_poly,
     unfold,
-    union2d
+    union2d,
+    xor2d
 
 const USCALE = 1.0 * Unitful.fm
 const SCALE  = 10.0^9
@@ -1156,6 +1157,34 @@ function intersect2d(plus, minus)
     )
 end
 
+"""
+    xor2d(p1, p2)
+
+Return the symmetric difference (XOR) of `p1` and `p2` as a `ClippedPolygon`.
+
+The XOR operation returns regions that are in either `p1` or `p2`, but not in both.
+This is useful for finding non-overlapping regions between two sets of polygons.
+
+Each of `p1` and `p2` may be a `GeometryEntity` or array of `GeometryEntity`. All entities
+are first converted to polygons using [`to_polygons`](@ref).
+
+Each of `p1` and `p2` can also be a `GeometryStructure` or `GeometryReference`, in which case
+`elements(flatten(p))` will be converted to polygons.
+
+Each can also be a pair `geom => layer`, where `geom` is a
+`GeometryStructure` or `GeometryReference`, while `layer` is a `DeviceLayout.Meta`, a layer name `Symbol`, and/or a collection
+of either, in which case only the elements in those layers will be used.
+"""
+function xor2d(p1, p2)
+    return clip(
+        Clipper.ClipTypeXor,
+        p1,
+        p2,
+        pfs=Clipper.PolyFillTypePositive,
+        pfc=Clipper.PolyFillTypePositive
+    )
+end
+
 function add_path!(
     c::Clipper.Clip,
     path::Vector{Point{T}},

test/test_clipping.jl

@@ -114,6 +114,11 @@
         @test to_polygons(
             union2d(Rectangle(2, 2) + Point(1, 1), [Rectangle(2, 2), Rectangle(10, 10)])
         )[1] == Polygon(Point{Int}[(10, 10), (0, 10), (0, 0), (10, 0)])
+
+        # XOR
+        r1 = Rectangle(2.0, 2.0)
+        r2 = Rectangle(2.0, 2.0) + Point(1.0, 1.0)
+        @test xor2d(r1, r2) == union2d(difference2d(r2, r1), difference2d(r1, r2))
     end
 
     @testset "> ClippedPolygon operations w/o units" begin