Random Fillable Shapes

[handrawn]

I tried that Bill - two things occur:

1 - if there are gaps in the lines it wont break fully into shapes

2 - if you remove the top shape you will remove the lines that separate the shapes [this may not matter]

@ ERIC - thanks I was thinking of that too - same applies as above I think - oh and I cannot get the steps as Frank states them to work - has anyone else?

[Soquili]

Steve you are correct if you don't complete a line it cannot create a complete shape. But you knew that without saying.

Your step 2 is required to have the shapes beneath revealed.

[handrawn]

REGARDING FRANKS TIP:

I think the 'group lines' should be ' select all' and 'convert line to shape' - and in practice you may get away with leaving the 'convert line to shape' step out if all the lines are genuine lines and non are actually shapes

the neat idea of Franks of setting the line and fill color up front falls down here in the current xtreme, as you cannot set a fill color for a line any more, if you 'do' you are simply [re]setting the line color....

@BILL

I was comparing it to inkscape where it does not matter if there are [reasonably small] gaps - it will still fill - I think that might be useful here

[you will also be tired of me asking why the heck xtreme does not have this feature when every other vector program worthy of the name on the planet has, from illustrator to serif draw plus]

I think you mis-understood my second point - yes you need to remove the top shape of course, but maybe leaving the lines in place is a requirement [but maybe not], that was all I was saying....

[Sadler]

This almost, almost works with the slice tool if you add the lines before hand but it always leaves a few cuts behind.

Anyhoo, I thought I'd have a go at this technique for a different effect and here's the results...

[Burpee]

Very cool Sadler! I just played with it too...fun and easy. My stray lines looked like this to me:

[angelize]

I used to do this as a child, we called it "taking your pencil for a walk" Back then of course we used a pencil, paper and markers etc.

Clip veiw it, add a frame and voila! Modern art!

[wizard509]

Very cool Sadler!

That is neeto!
Cool Burpee and Frances.

[bcire68]

@ Steve J

I'm sure that you know this already, however I will point it out for people that are perhaps somewhat newer to the product. If keeping the lines is a requirement, you could always add a step of cloning (Ctrl+K) the lines and moving them off to the side (Shift+Arrow key a few times) so that after you finish the rest of the steps, you could move the lines back (Shift+Arrow key a few times in the opposite direction).

Or alternatively if you just want your new shapes to have an outline, you can always apply one once you have them as individual shapes.

Eric

[handrawn]

Hi Eric

yes one way of doing it

I tend to copy the original lines to clipboard and then copy back in place after

your method is good if you need the clipboard meanwhile ..

[iamtheblues]

...you could always add a step of cloning (Ctrl+K) the lines and moving them off to the side (Shift+Arrow key a few times) so that after you finish the rest of the steps, you could move the lines back (Shift+Arrow key a few times in the opposite direction).
Eric

or copy the lines to the clipboard (Ctrl + C) then when you are done, paste them back in place (Shift + Ctrl + V).
Saludos,
Bob.
Edit: @ Steve - I made the mistake of opening a batch of unread posts in background tabs, going off to cook dinner and then replying to this one without refreshing!
B.