Re: Fireworks 3, pen tool, and creating a filled object - AAAGH!

Hello Roger,

The problem with your file is that it is already a filled shape but that is=
=20
very thin and has the shape you see.  Gove the stroke and fill different=20
colrs and then zoom in your shape while it's still selected, you will see=20
what I mean.  At some point you probably applied an Expand Stroke command=20
to your original path and it ended up as it is now.  If you draw a shape=20
with the pen tool and close it by clicking on your start point you'll be=20
able to fill the whole shape just fine.

HTH!

St=E9phane Bergeron


At 16:53 2001-08-27 +0100, Roger Stenning wrote:
>Hi.
>
>I'm at my wits end. I just cannot figure out how the heck I can create
>an odd-shaped object, with a fill, using the pen tool in Fireworks 3.
>
>The Fireworks PNG file is at
>http://www.the-isg.co.uk/fill-problem.png.
>
>The desired result is an object that is solid, rather than outlined.
>As you can see, while the object has an external path to it, there are
>no fill properties, and I cannot understand why (believe me, I've gone
>through the literature and help files extensively).
>
>If any of you can figure this out, and let me know how the hell to
>perform this (probably very simple) problem, I'd be grateful!
>
>By the way, I'm on the digest version of the list, so if you want to
>reply off-list as well, please feel free! I will, of course, reply to
>all mesages! Thanks in advance!
>
>Best regards,
>
>Roger Stenning
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