i imported a europe image from here
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...lete_blank.svg
i dropped it into xdpx
ungrouped everything
extracted the france shape and tried to fill it
i check and it is definitely a closed shape
i can manipulate the outline as normal but nothing i do fills it
it's definitely not transparent
to remedy this i draw a square under it, select both and subtract shapes
this gives me a square with france cut out of it
then i draw another square inside the former square but outside the france outline
i move the square underneath, select both and once again subtract shapes
finally i have my shape filled as i require
anybody know why it does this?
subtract_shapes_to_fill_svg.xar
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