Boolean operations (union, subtract, intersect, exclude) in Figma - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to perform a union of two shapes in Figma.

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const unionShape = figma.combineShapes({ shapes: [shape1, shape2], operation: '[1]' });

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AINTERSECT

BSUBTRACT

CEXCLUDE

DUNION

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using SUBTRACT instead of UNION removes one shape from the other.

INTERSECT keeps only overlapping parts, not the full union.

The UNION operation combines two shapes into one shape that covers both areas.

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medium

Complete the code to subtract shape2 from shape1 in Figma.

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const subtractShape = figma.combineShapes({ shapes: [shape1, shape2], operation: '[1]' });

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AEXCLUDE

BSUBTRACT

CINTERSECT

DUNION

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using UNION adds shapes instead of subtracting.

INTERSECT keeps only overlapping parts, not subtraction.

The SUBTRACT operation removes the area of the second shape from the first shape.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to intersect two shapes in Figma.

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const intersectShape = figma.combineShapes({ shapes: [shape1, shape2], operation: '[1]' });

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AINTERSECT

BUNION

CSUBTRACT

DEXCLUDE

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using UNION keeps all areas, not just the overlap.

SUBTRACT removes one shape from another, not intersection.

The INTERSECT operation keeps only the overlapping area of both shapes.

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hard

Fill both blanks to exclude overlapping areas between two shapes in Figma.

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const excludeShape = figma.combineShapes({ shapes: [[1], [2]], operation: 'EXCLUDE' });

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Ashape1

Bshape2

Cshape3

Dshape4

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using shapes not involved in the operation.

Mixing up the order of shapes does not affect EXCLUDE but use correct shapes.

The EXCLUDE operation removes the overlapping area between the two shapes, keeping only non-overlapping parts.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a combined shape using union, subtract, and intersect operations in Figma.

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const combinedShape = figma.combineShapes({ shapes: [shapeA, shapeB], operation: '[1]' });
const subtractedShape = figma.combineShapes({ shapes: [shapeC, shapeD], operation: '[2]' });
const intersectedShape = figma.combineShapes({ shapes: [shapeE, shapeF], operation: '[3]' });

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AUNION

BSUBTRACT

CINTERSECT

DEXCLUDE

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Mixing up operation names causes wrong shape results.

Using EXCLUDE instead of INTERSECT for overlapping areas.

This code shows three different boolean operations: UNION to combine shapes, SUBTRACT to remove one shape from another, and INTERSECT to keep only overlapping areas.