Hi! To use the Boundary tools, to make objects connected outside a circle works fine. But when I want to make objects inside a circle, it does not work. No matter what i try, it does not workHas anybody a solution to this, or is it simply not possible?
Regards ;-)
People might be able to offer advice if you showed some pictures with an example of (1) what you are starting with and (2) what you want for a result.
Could be so. But I did not post pictures, as I thought the description said the most.
If you take an object (box or other circle, or any other object) and link it to the Circles line, outside, and then use the Boundary tool, you will could have "holes" where the object was, outside the circle. But if the same objects are placed inside the circle, it's not possible to so to say, make an inner "hole".
ebea said: But if the same objects are placed inside the circle, it's not possible to so to say, make an inner "hole".
Boundary would not make an "inner hole" like that. That's not the way that Boundary works.
If you want the rectangle to "take a bite out of" the circle, then you should look at other shaping tools in CorelDRAW (e.g., Trim, Back Minus Front, Front Minus Back).
In some situations, the Smart Fill tool might also be used to achieve that type of result.
In cases, it's somtimes easier (for me, in what I'm doing), to use the Boundary tools. So I hoped, that it was a possibilty, to could use it inside a circle (and why not?).So I must continue with "front minus back", which I sometimes use, even I feel it's a bit more time consuming.
ebea said:to could use it inside a circle (and why not?)
Because that's not what the Boundary command does, like Eskimo mentioned.Boundary is designed to create a new object that runs around the outer edges of all selected objects, and if you select the circle and the small rectangle as shown in your first image, well, then the rectangle will be hidden inside the circle and "invisible" to Boundary.I suggest you assign a shortcut key (I use Alt+C) to the Trim command, which makes it as lot easier to use.
Ronny, thanks for your input. The Trim function do not works in my cases, as it takes too long, even if I make a shortcut key.And yes, I "hear" what Eskimo, and you write, but I cannot fully "see", why it should'n be possible, to do the same, to create the object inside the circle, folow the lines, just as outside.As I wrote in reply to Chris, I use it for Gear watches (and related to that), and I make hundreds of objects in different shapes, so It's sometime time consuming. So every way to do it "smarter", would be great ;-)
ebea said:And yes, I "hear" what Eskimo, and you write, but I cannot fully "see", why it should'n be possible, to do the same, to create the object inside the circle, folow the lines, just as outside.
I mentioned the Smart Fill tool in another reply. That can be used to create a shape that follows lines to create an "inner boundary".
ebea said:As I wrote in reply to Chris, I use it for Gear watches (and related to that), and I make hundreds of objects in different shapes, so It's sometime time consuming.
If you are drawing an ellipse, then drawing multiple shapes to "cut teeth out of the ellipse" to create the shape of a gear, then you might want to Combine the "cutters" into one Curve shape so that you only need to perform a single Trim operation.
It's also possible to use multiple shapes as "cutters" in a single Trim operation without combining them. You can see an example of that in this video - CorelDRAW Macro - Match Vectors - Positioning Shapes in Preparation for a Shaping Operation - where I do it using the Shaping docker.
Hi Eskimo! I will try it out (from the Linked Video), and see if it makes my life easier. The "problem" for me, are, that i use so many different shapes (objects), to be used inside a circle.