create a polygon from lines and then fill it

[bendesarts]

Hello,

How can I make a polygon shape from lines?
I want to do this so as to fill with a color the shape.
I managed by the past by using a function in the developper mode but i didn't find this function again.

Thank you for your help

[Surrogate]

I managed by the past by using a function in the developper mode but i didn't find this function again.

may be this article can help How to Show the Developer Ribbon Tab (and Why)

[bendesarts]

Thank you for this but i manage to go the developper but i didn't find the function or the method to figure out

[Surrogate]

you need do something like this ?

[bendesarts]

It is exactly what i was looking for.

However, it doesn't work for me.

I believed that my lines were not continuous but they seem to be when i zoom on it.

So if you have some ideas, why sometimes it doesn't work, i would be interested

[wapperdude]

Set snapping to include shape vertex.  Then position line ends to snap to previous placed line end.  The ends must be concurrent.  Then the steps Surrogate provided should work.  The 4 lines should merge to a single shape.

Wapperdude

[vojo]

in visio 2013, after you join, you need to go into shapesheet and set "nofill" = false
(at least that is how it works on my laptop)

[wapperdude]

@Vojo:  in V2007, that's how it normally works, too.  Wasn't sure if newer releases had changed that.

Ah.  Played around a little.  If you select all of the lines after they've been placed, then do a combine, followed by a join, the new shape will fill without shapesheet editting.

Wapperdude

[JuneTheSecond]

Would you like my short video?
http://visguy.com/vgforum/index.php?topic=7187.0