Polygon

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Hi,

As a newie to VW Fundamentals (coming from AutoCAD) can anyone tell me how to create enclosed shapes (that can be hatched/filled etc) and have curved and straight elements to them?

I'm really stuck on this basic question.

Leila

[CipesDesign]

There are many ways to do this. 1) Use the polyline tool (in any of its different modes) to create a closed shape. You can later Convert to Polygon if desired. 2) Start out with any number of basic shapes which intersect/overlap then use the Add Surface or Clip Surface commands to combine the shapes into one. 3) Start with any number of lines, arcs, curves, etc which are all EXACTLY touching at their respective ends, and create a closed shape, then select them all and use the Compose command. NOTE: in order to be filled or hatched a shapes must be "Solid" as opposed to "Hollow" (ie: it cannot have "None" as its fill in the Attribute palette). Hope that helps.

[CipesDesign]

PS: it's always helpful to create signature which tells us your OS flavor and version and your VW's version... Click on the My Stuff link/Edit Profile to do this...

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Thanks so much; I'm well on my way now.

Signature added too.

This forum is great.

[Guest Wes Gardner]

And don't forget its equally powerful brother/sister - the 2D Reshape Tool

Draw On!