Can broken shapes be filled in with color?

[printchic]

Hi,

I love xara but i have one issue i can't figure out and that is can i fill a shape that path is not completely closed with fill for example there are times when i don't want all edges of a design to be outline. Is there a way to do it.

Here is an example take a look at the girl's nose. Obviously the top of the nose (shown by the arrow) i don't want an outline there so it blends into the face. I also do a bit of beveling of the nose so it stands up 3d like. So again is there a way to "not" have all edges of a shape closed and still fill it in? What i did here was cover the top with a circle the same color as the skin but i would like to not have to do that if possible.

http://www.promotees.com/samples/sam...nlinequest.png

Signed,
Printchic

[raynerj1]

How about closing the shape, duplicating the shape, then breaking the shape and deleting the uneeded parts of the line...

See attached .xar It has 3 shape, a rectangle, an elipse and a line. the line it just a clone of the ellipse with a couple points deleted.

[remi]

Hi Printchic,

the following technique works too:

1. Create the line for the nose
2. Clone the line (CTRL+K)
3. Change the cloned line into a shape by closing it.
4. Fill the new shape with a colour.
5. Remove the outline from the new shape and move it to the background.
6. There are two objects at the end: the outline and the fill.

Another (not documented feature) is the following way:

1. Create the line for the nose
2. Clone the line (CTRL+K)
3. Change the cloned line into a shape by closing it.
4. Fill the new shape with a colour.
5. Select both objects (the line and the new shape).
6. Choose Menu Arrange->Join Shapes (CTRL+J).
7. Choose Menu Arrange->Break Shapes.
8. There are two objects at the end: a normal shape in the background (which you can delete) and a line with a fill (the filled broken shape).

Regards,
Remi

[printchic]

Hi Printchic,

the following technique works too:

1. Create the line for the nose
2. Clone the line (CTRL+K)
3. Change the cloned line into a shape by closing it.
4. Fill the new shape with a colour.
5. Remove the outline from the new shape and move it to the background.
6. There are two objects at the end: the outline and the fill.

Regards,
Remi

Hi Remi,

Wow works great. I did this fast but it's exactly want i was looking for. The directions were perfect.

http://www.promotees.com/samples/sampleafterline.png

Signed,
Printchic

[printchic]

How about closing the shape, duplicating the shape, then breaking the shape and deleting the uneeded parts of the line...

Hi Rayner,

Thanks so much for your response i will take a look at it as I can see it will be beneficial with other things i've attempted to do.

Signed,
Printchic