Problem closing a shape

[cursor]

Haven't been around for awhile, but always enjoy hookin' back in and checkin' up on new ideas.

I've become a bit rusty on Xara Designer, I suppose, and was hoping that someone might chime in and help me out. I've been doing some map-work in Mexico (along the Gulf coast). I'm currently trying to create a coastal-line that I can use to shape other overlay data. I can't, however get this darn shape to close so that I can do an Arrange > Combine shapes > subtract. Please the see attached .xar file for clarity. Of course, any constructive input would be awesome. Thanks.

[mwenz]

Haven't been around for awhile, but always enjoy hookin' back in and checkin' up on new ideas.

I've become a bit rusty on Xara Designer, I suppose, and was hoping that someone might chime in and help me out. I've been doing some map-work in Mexico (along the Gulf coast). I'm currently trying to create a coastal-line that I can use to shape other overlay data. I can't, however get this darn shape to close so that I can do an Arrange > Combine shapes > subtract. Please the see attached .xar file for clarity. Of course, any constructive input would be awesome. Thanks.

there are two locations where the line is not continuous.

I usually just double-click on the line, select a node, hit the home or end key and zoom in a little. Then move one node a tad away, move it back over the original place and it will connect.

In your case, there are two locations to do that to. However, knowing that there are only two locations, after one of them is fixed, you can again hit the home key and press enter.

Mike

[cursor]

Thanks so much. I'll peek at that, Mike. =)

[cursor]

Is there a "best" way to find out where the line(s) may be broken into to (where the controlling node points might be)? I can't seem to locate where they are (apparently you can). Thanks a bunch!

[mwenz]

The handle size can be made larger using xareg...but zoom in. Select a node. Hit the end or home key. The drawing should move the now selected begin or end node into view.

[Gamerprinter]

When I create shapes I generally set the line width to 0 pixels, though it still defaults to .5 pixels unless I change it to zero before closing the shape. On those occassions that I cannot find the other end of the line, I change the line width to 4 pixels or some larger amount that makes the line much more visible so I can complete the closing of the shape. I change the line width to my preferred width afterwards.

[Egg Bramhill]

Curtis,

Where did you get that shape from? Clicking on it states it's a line but it's a line you can't close. Did you import it from another program?