still can't fill in elipses

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still can't fill in elipses

Post by ttrw » Sat Jun 09, 2007 9:36 am

Andrew,

I was just trying out the latest demo, considering about updating, so I tried to see what updates had been made, howvever, I still can't seem to fill in (or hatch) an ellipse. Not too much of a problem, but I do need this occasionally, specially when doing cross sections.

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Post by michael » Sun Sep 16, 2007 3:06 pm

As far as I know, this it not possible or does not work right now.
But maybe you can select these special components, place it in a different LAYER and then give theme a SPECIAL color or else different attributes.

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Post by michael » Sun Sep 16, 2007 10:35 pm

Possible solution:

1. Draw the ellipse as normal.
2. Then use the Pen Tool "li" to match the ellipse as needed.
3. Use the fill tool al normal.
4. Hide the lines in the closed polygon from 2.
5. Done.

With this method - filling a polyline - you can fill any shape.

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Post by andrew » Mon Sep 17, 2007 9:23 am

Another workaround: Explode the ellipse, this leaves you with a polyline that consists of arcs. You can now fill this polyline.

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Post by michael » Mon Sep 17, 2007 1:56 pm

Oh, man! Yes, that is it. :shock:

But it seems strange to users that rect, freehand, etc works but ellipse. :roll:
andrew wrote:Another workaround: Explode the ellipse, this leaves you with a polyline that consists of arcs. You can now fill this polyline.

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