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Better way to fill a bound area?

Asked by badboy00z

I find the "fill bound area" tool to be quite frustrating. It basically creates a rough shape of the area inside the area and fills just that which leaves areas unfilled. I tried adjusting the nodes of the shape created by the fill but that too does not give me satisfied results and is more work than I want to do with what suppose to be a simple task. The fill tool also thickens the original lines that I want to fill and that is not what I want.

Is there an easier way to completely fill an area?

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RIco (rico-rootscore-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#1

rough shape because:
http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Bucket-Fidelity.html

all about the bucket tool
http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Bucket.html

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badboy00z (badboy00z) said : 		#2

Thanks. I should really read the manual all the way through. Haha.

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badboy00z (badboy00z) said : 		#3

Thanks RIco, that solved my question.

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badboy00z (badboy00z) said : 		#4

One more question. How/ where do I set the "trapping" grow/shrink parameter mentioned by the Fill Fidelity article?

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Best RIco (rico-rootscore-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#5

you can set the trapping on the tool controls bar when the bucket tool is selected.

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badboy00z (badboy00z) said : 		#6

Thanks RIco, that solved my question.

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dh003i (dh003i) said : 		#7

The trapping and grow/shrink parameters do not completely solve the problem. I have two overlapping ellipses, connected by lines at the edges (so that they form what looks like a cylinder). I want to fill in the areas of the sides perfectly, but this is impossible with the bucket tool, even with grow and shrink.

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username132 (sean-van-der-smythe) said : 		#8

I don't see what's so difficult about making a decent fill tool. All you need to do is convert everything involved to paths and use the Boolean difference operation to generate the required section and then change the colour of that section. How is that not the obvious and perfect solution?