dropping the insides help

[Coffinscreekcustoms]

hello all i have x4 got it monday and have been playing with it making signs and i run into this. when i hill the fill button the fire works are good but my text not so much i have deleted double lines and sill isnt working. any help or hints would be awsome.
thanks Jake

[blackandtan]

Try this

FIRE5.cdr

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[srp]

In my opinion Corel x5 should be the ver. to have. With x5 the loose ends can all be connected at once saving you one hellava lot of time and aggravation.

[Coffinscreekcustoms]

thanks for the replies but my 4 for some reason wont open the 5 any help?
thanks Jake

[Gamelord]

The problem you are having is that the objects (letters you created) are not completely closed all the way. This causes the fill to get all screwed up. The places that they are open is where the fill starts to get messed up.

To close the object, they must all be on the same layer. Each time you draw an item, it puts it on it's own layer - or makes it separate from all the other drawn objects. This allows you to move that item around without moving everything else you drew. In order to join those items together and close the object, you need to "combine" them as one object.

Your drawing has been grouped as one drawing with multiple objects, so, to fix your drawing you must first "Break" it apart. To do this, select the drawing and then go to Arrange -> Break Apart. Now you can select one of the parts of the G and move it away to see why it isn't filling properly. Hit UNDO to put the part back, then you will need to select all the pieces of the letter "G" and "COMBINE" them together so they will be as one piece. Once combined, you can now use the SHAPE tool to join all the broken nodes together to form a closed object, which will then be filled. Once that is done you will need to do the same with the "A" and so on.

If you need more help with some of the above, let me know.

[blackandtan]

I take it X4 does not have the join nodes tool.

[srp]

I don't believe it does. You have to manually join each connection.

[Gamelord]

I think the "Join Nodes" came out in X5.

[Coffinscreekcustoms]

Ok y'all I found my problem! I drew it in corel and put my keepers in, cad and went back to corel that's where stuff got all screwy I re did the text and figured it out.http://youtu.be/YarjQ7fUZYE thanks y'all!!