Title: Negative space in grouped shapes
Post by: Moxos on March 29, 2021, 09:19:31 AM
Post by: Moxos on March 29, 2021, 09:19:31 AM
Hello all,
new to Visio. Tries to understand how (complex) shapes are formatted.
How do microsoft achieve the fill effect where only some of the shapes in i a group take a fill color, and others do not (they actually switch to a white color)?
If I import a composite SVG-file or for that matter a pair of files and group them together, changing the fill color fills everything.
I am unable to find a guide on how you achieve this effect when creating custom shapes.
Grateful for any insight into this.
new to Visio. Tries to understand how (complex) shapes are formatted.
How do microsoft achieve the fill effect where only some of the shapes in i a group take a fill color, and others do not (they actually switch to a white color)?
If I import a composite SVG-file or for that matter a pair of files and group them together, changing the fill color fills everything.
I am unable to find a guide on how you achieve this effect when creating custom shapes.
Grateful for any insight into this.
Title: Re: Negative space in grouped shapes
Post by: Visisthebest on March 29, 2021, 09:33:31 AM
Post by: Visisthebest on March 29, 2021, 09:33:31 AM
You can give separate subshapes in Visio a separate fill, so this is possible.
Title: Re: Negative space in grouped shapes
Post by: Moxos on April 01, 2021, 12:24:48 PM
Post by: Moxos on April 01, 2021, 12:24:48 PM
Studied the standard shape some more and figured it out.
Title: Re: Negative space in grouped shapes
Post by: Paul Herber on April 06, 2021, 03:16:38 PM
Post by: Paul Herber on April 06, 2021, 03:16:38 PM
Quote from: Moxos on March 29, 2021, 09:19:31 AM
changing the fill color fills everything.
The Visio UI and code work in different ways. The UI affects all shapes within a group.