Quote Originally Posted by Acorn View Post
handrawn, when you convert a Line to a Shape, it comes with baggage.

If it is a thin line, you effectively double the number of nodes and may not notice as they are paired very close together. Delete one and suddenly an area appears.
For a thicker Line the nodes of a near complete convex object are more separated, almost inner and outer. You still cannot fill in the middle even if you add a piece and Add Shapes.

You have a doughnut arrangement with a shape with no Line width so things do get very messy.
If another looks at an outlined shape, they will expect to be able to easily fill it in and add a node or bend an edge. Your approach scuppers all these.

Acorn
thats as may be, but my method does rather assume you know what you are doing, as indeed does yours

my method joins the two shapes - your's does not, it converts an open line into a closed shape; this will work fine in this instance [provided you remove the leftover shape] bur may not in other situations, without more work

granted your way may be a better default approach, but shortcuts can be useful if they do the job...