Hi,
I turned on fill in View Settings because an opaque shaded area I placed was not showing its fill, nor was it letting me turn it on in Element Properties. Fine, that much worked. But now every time I place a closed SmartLine it creates an opaque fill. Then I have to select every one, go to properties, remove its fill.
Is there a setting that I can use so that fill is not automatically created for closed SmartLines, shapes, whatever? Or is all that extra work normal?
thanks.
Timothy Hickman
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Hi David, Next to Tim's suggestion: Instead of using a Datapoint (Left Mouse Click) to close the shape and accept whatever the current setting for the closed area is, you can also place a Tentative Snap using your mouse at that point that would close the shape. When you have not changed your mouse buttons, you should press your Left and Right mouse button at the same time when your crosshair is close/on the point where the shape closes. By doing so, the SmartLine Tool Settings window will expand with the additional settings for the closed area and you will be able to make the changes you need. Once you have set the area type, fill type, etc. you can just use a Datapoint (Left Mouse Click) anywhere in your view to complete the shape. hth Henk
Unknown said: Hi, I turned on fill in View Settings because an opaque shaded area I placed was not showing its fill, nor was it letting me turn it on in Element Properties. Fine, that much worked. But now every time I place a closed SmartLine it creates an opaque fill. Then I have to select every one, go to properties, remove its fill. Is there a setting that I can use so that fill is not automatically created for closed SmartLines, shapes, whatever? Or is all that extra work normal? thanks.
Mine is by default set to none for opauqe settings and after I created my shape I just change the fill attribute in element properties this also allows me the extra option to set one colour for the outline and a different colour for the fill.. ie black out line coloured file also have transparency if I want it...
I also use the place polygon more often than smart line for shapes.... or if need be create regions by flood for larger irregular areas like in mapping...
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