Joining Seperate layers

I’ve looked through the forums and haven’t found answer to yet, so maybe you can help me.
I’m trying to join two lines that are on separate layers. I want them to be on consecutive shape, but one part needs to be cut first hence why the two layers. I’ve brought the two lines together as close as possible, but they won’t snap together as nodes where as other lines have. I’ve also tried using the autojoin and close paths features.

Is this a case where its just not possible? Or am I missing something? Thanks in advance. File included for those needing it.
Layers autojoin.lbrn2 (152.2 KB)

Loading your file, if I place the red shape onto the black layer, Auto-Join works to connect these shapes. Is that what you are after? :slight_smile:

If I’m understanding you correctly, that isn’t quite it. I want the shape to have two distinct layers so that the squiggly part is cut before the rest of the shape. I just want the whole shape to connect even though it is on two different layers.

Thank you for the further explanation, it help in understanding. A single object, in this case, by closing or connecting these 2 shapes, can only live on a single layer. I note both shapes are currently set to ‘Line’ mode, so to accomplish keeping these shapes together, while allowing them to live on separate layers, designed to cut at different times, I might ‘Group’ them together, so they act as a single, “connected” object. This would allow moving, rotating, resizing, and/or compositing or combining with other shapes (think boolean operation) as a single object more easily. :slight_smile:

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