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pattern or color fill in an object

Asked by sneha j

http://imgur.com/vyf7y

In the above object the color or pattern gets filled in the area outside the object.
How to fill color or pattern in the above object?

 http://imgh.us/drawing-2.svg

The above object being enclosed yet the color gets filled outside, how to fill color?

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su_v (suv-lp) said : 		#1

It is difficult to answer (beyond guessing) based on the screenshot - could you make the SVG file itself available? The free image hosting service <http://imgh.us/> accepts and serves SVG files.

In general, to fill a path with a pattern (as with a solid color or a gradient), the path needs to enclose the area. From the screenshot, it seems that you applied the pattern fill to a 'U'-shaped path at the inner side of the object (open at the top), instead of a path that circumscribes the object itself: <http://imgh.us/q163002-pattern-fill-2.svg> (save the SVG file and open it in Inkscape).

See also:
<http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Attributes-Fill-Stroke.html>

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su_v (suv-lp) said : 		#2

Alternatively (if your drawing is based on an imported bitmap image, you could use the Paint Bucket tool in Inkscape:
<http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Bucket.html>

Fill the closed area of the object with a solid color, and then change the fill attribute of the path created by the paint bucket tool to a pattern of your choice (either from the stock pattern shipping with Inkscape), or create your own pattern:
<http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Attributes-Fill-Stroke.html#Attributes-Patterns>

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