Subtraction of two layers

[Andreas19]

I would like to know if there is a way to directly subtract two layers because I could not figure it out yet.

My case is the following:
1) I generate a text with the following command: nd.text(text='Nazca-Design', height=50, layer='layer1', align='lc', box_layer='layer2').put(0, 0)
2) I generate a rectangle shape with the command: nd.strt(length=500, width=400, layer='layer1').put(0,0)

Now I would like to subtract from layer1 the layer2 (generated by the nd.text function).

How can I do that?

Thanks for your help!

[Xaveer]

Dear Andreas,

Nazca does not do boolean operations on cells or layers (yet). However boolean operations are possible on polygons. So something as shown below might do the trick for you.

import nazca as nd

def invert_text(cell, layer1, layer2):
    lay1 = []
    lay2 = []
    layer1 = nd.get_layer(layer1)
    layer2 = nd.get_layer(layer2)
    for pgon in cell.polygons:
        node, Poly = pgon
        x0, y0, _ = node.xya()
        if Poly.layer == layer1:
            lay1.append([[x + x0, y + y0] for x, y in Poly.points])
        elif Poly.layer == layer2:
            lay2.append([[x + x0, y + y0] for x, y in Poly.points])
    with nd.Cell("newtxt") as newtxt:
        inverse = nd.clipper.diff_polygons(lay2, lay1)
        for pol in inverse:
            nd.Polygon(points=pol, layer=layer2).put()
    return newtxt

txt = nd.text(
    "Nazca-design", layer=1, box_layer=2, box_buf=20, align="cc"
)
inv = invert_text(txt, 1, 2)
inv.put()

nd.export_gds()

Xaveer

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