Issue
Creating a shape and then filling it with colour.
Environment
Sigma
Graphics
Combine
Fill shape
Cause
Customer wants to design a shape and then fill it with colour.
Resolution
A shape created from a number of lines which have been combined into an object, does not allow you to fill it with colour.
A possible way around for this problem is to use the Polygon tool, this is more difficult to use, but when the shape is finished, "Connect Closed" can be selected, and the shape can then be filled.
The shape is created as follows;
- Create the required shape as required.
- Select the Polygon tool and click in each corner to copy your original shape.
- Press the "Escape" key to terminate the Polygon function, the shape will disappear.
- Save the graphic, close and then reopen it.
- Delete the original shape.
- Highlight the new shape and select "Connect closed" from the RH menu.
- Using the RH menu again, select "Shape fill" and choose the required fill colour.
The completed shape.
