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Title: Changing Color of Custom Furniture Shapes Imported from AutoCAD
Post by: jambo069 on November 18, 2008, 03:31:42 PM
hi everyone  ;D

i need some help i have made up my own custom shapes in my own stencil,i have imported these from autocad,these are 2d office furniture cad blocks the problem that i have is when i space plan an office the customer sometimes uses existing furniture of which i add to the drawing so they can identify what's new and what's been taken to the new office, but when i try to change the colour (fill) of the shape nothing happens i have tried everything to get it to change,has anyone had this problem and have they found a solution  ???

thanks
jambo
Title: Re: Changing Color of Custom Furniture Shapes Imported from AutoCAD
Post by: wapperdude on November 18, 2008, 04:05:52 PM
I haven't imported too much from Autocad, but I think the problem might be the shapes are not "connected".  That is, what looks like a rectange is really 4 separate lines.  To get a fill, these lines must be joined.  Assuming that the line end points overlay (lap) each other, then go to Shape > operations > Join.  This should allow you to apply a fill color.

The other issue to be aware of is grouping.  A "group" shape won't take a fill, you need to double click to select a sub-roup shape and apply the fill to the selected shape.

HTH
Wapperdude
Title: Re: Changing Color of Custom Furniture Shapes Imported from AutoCAD
Post by: jambo069 on November 19, 2008, 10:06:45 AM
thanks for that wapperdude but it sort of worked please see attached
Title: Re: Changing Color of Custom Furniture Shapes Imported from AutoCAD
Post by: jambo069 on November 19, 2008, 11:58:36 AM
i decided to mess about with the shape/operations/ join/fragment and managed to fill the shapes that i wanted, it took a while but it has done what i want it to do

thanks for all the help  ;D ;D ;D