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Bear with me as this is probably a really simple question that I just can't figure out.
How do you join a line segment to the middle of another line segment?
My picture is an outline that I will want to fill with a bitmap. I have drawn the outline with the freehand tool and I am trying to connect all the individual segments to end up with one shape. Will I be able to have lines across the shape or will they need to be seperate shapes right next to each other?
Thanks for any direction you can provide.
Dale Fippinger
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Bear with me as this is probably a really simple question that I just can't figure out.
How do you join a line segment to the middle of another line segment?
My picture is an outline that I will want to fill with a bitmap. I have drawn the outline with the freehand tool and I am trying to connect all the individual segments to end up with one shape. Will I be able to have lines across the shape or will they need to be seperate shapes right next to each other?
Thanks for any direction you can provide.
Dale Fippinger
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To join two lines, see:
line,joining
in Help. You will have to join two lines, then add another etc.
You can't join one line to another in the midle though.
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Dale
In order to fill a shape, it has to be a closed path. That is to say that the ending point has to be placed on top of the starting point.
If you have a open shape, let's say for example, a U-shape and you want to close it, select the U-shape, then select the Pen Tool, the Shape Editor Tool, or the Freehand and Brush Tool, click on one end, click a little beyond that, then drag the control point over the end point. The cursor will display a + to indicate the shape will be closed. The shape will then be filled in black.
Better than dig through the Help menu as Simon has suggested, visit Page 7 WebXealot 17 for a more detailed explanation.
Gary
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Simon and Gary,
I appreciate your responses. I did find Webzealot #17 a lot more helpful than the help system. I have come to the conclusion that I will have to make seperate shapes kind of like a jigsaw puzzle in order to get the lines across my outlined picture. This little exercise is getting me quite familiar with the Shape Editor Tool.
Thanks,
Dale Fipp....
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I'm not sure if I have understood exactly want you want to do but it may not be necessary to use separate filled shapes next to each other, see attached image for more info.
Sorry if I have misunderstood anything.
Su
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... you can keep the broken line effect this way ... (See attached).
Su
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... I remembered a mini tut in the Xara Tips and Tricks about filling unclosed vector shapes.
Amazingly it can be done. The tip is called 'Filling Unclosed Shapes' and is written by Ivan Louette'. (Sorry haven't figured out how to add a link to a post yet).
Thanks Ivan for the tip.
Su
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Thanks for the info and link Panfer.
I haven't needed to post a URL before now, I just quickly typed in my last message and thought I would figure it out later.
I'll have an experiment with the UBBCode stuff in the test forums.
Su
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...hopefully I won't struggle with it much longer.
Su,
Thank you for demonstrating what I want to do so well. That is exactly the problem I am having. I really appreciate the encouragement to keep working on it. I had not even run across the Clip View feature. That will come in handy sometime I'm sure.
panfer,
Thank you for the link, that information my help me keep my sanity.:eek:
Ivan,
It appears I'm in your debt again.
Thanks,
Dale Fipp...
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... glad I could be of help.
Yes I was amazed with Ivan's tip, I had a quick play with the technique and the unclosed lines actually remain as lines once they are filled. I thought that maybe they would become an unclosed line grouped with a separate filled shape or something. This is great because it means that, as you only have one object, editing it afterwards with regard to adding points, changing line shape etc is much easier, whereas if it had been a grouped line and shape it would have been more difficult to edit afterwards. Nice one Ivan and thanks again.
Su
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There are two methods shown in the XaraXone Tips of the Week on both page one (Sean's tip) and on Page 2 (Big Frank's tip).
Gary
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