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    Default Does Xara have a Smart Fill like Corel Draw?

    Does Xara Designer Pro X 18 have a Smart Fill like Corel Draw?
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    Default Re: Does Xara have a Smart Fill like Corel Draw?

    Describe what a smart fill is. I have not used Corel Draw since the mid 1990s.
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    Default Re: Does Xara have a Smart Fill like Corel Draw?

    no

    in xara you can only fill an object itself - you cannot 'fill' enclosed areas, including intersections, in a way that automatically creates new objects that you can seperate out
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    Default Re: Does Xara have a Smart Fill like Corel Draw?

    Smart fill is filling a certain defined area with a shape. Inkscape has it, in the image the orange shape has been filled with the "fill bounded areas" tool.
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    Come to think of it; it would be handy if Xara would have this tool also.

    But then, development of Xara has been slow and we (users) have suggested several improvements who are on the wishing list ....
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    Default Re: Does Xara have a Smart Fill like Corel Draw?

    exactly - you have shown an intersection fill there - also these ' smart fills' are objects in their own right - a point to note, as you do not need to go through the much slower break shapes route as you do with xara [in corel - cant remember with inkscape]

    myself and others were asking for this from xara 10 years ago, but they do not seem interested
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    Info Re: Does Xara have a Smart Fill like Corel Draw?

    Depends how desperate you are.

    Steps:

    1. Clone your Shapes
    2. Add Shapes
    3. Colour Shape
    4. Break Shapes - the intersection space is now filled
    5. Move Shape behind.

    As it does not depend on any adjustments, this could be set as a Macro.
    If you reposition the initial Shapes, you need to repeat the steps.

    I use AutoHotKeys.
    Xara needs to introduce its own macro recorder.

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    Default Re: Does Xara have a Smart Fill like Corel Draw?

    I quote xara website re xara designer pro :

    Quite simply the world's fastest graphics software
    not really is it in this context
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    Default Re: Does Xara have a Smart Fill like Corel Draw?

    Quote Originally Posted by handrawn View Post
    I quote xara website re xara designer pro : not really is it in this context
    handrawn, you know there is a difference between rendering and constructing.

    That said, if I had such a macro, surely pressing it would be faster than a lot of menu calls or key presses?

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    Default Re: Does Xara have a Smart Fill like Corel Draw?

    sure, of course, I know the difference - but until xara has macro it is moot
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    Default Re: Does Xara have a Smart Fill like Corel Draw?

    and why then do they not say 'the world's fastest rendering graphics software'

    it is a claim that dererves derision as stated
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