Can't weld shapes after breaking apart

[nightowl (HColeman)]

Hi there,
I had to break apart an image to fix an artifact that was appearing. I was able to remove the pieces that I did not need and insert new nodes to close the gap. Now I want to smooth an edge by adding a rectangle and welding it into the shape. My issue is I have grouped the objects so it is one object, but all the weld options are greyed out. Once you break an object apart is it not possible to weld anymore?

[RalphU (RU)]

The answer to your question is no. To get it to work,

1. Ungroup what you grouped.

2. Then Edit>Auto-Join selected shapes
   

   

3. Add rectangle.
   

   

4. Select both shapes and Tools>Boolean Union
   

   

[nightowl (HColeman)]

Hey Ralph U,
I did what you suggested and it auto-joined just fine. But the weld options are still greyed out :(.

[RalphU (RU)]

can you upload your LB file here?

[nightowl (HColeman)]

Sure here you go…
I put text in the file so you can see which rectangle I want to weld to the outline of the DC Capitol. Not sure it matters but I am on a Mac running 12.1 and on the 1.5.06 version of LightBurn.

DC - Capitol.lbrn2 (185.4 KB)

Thanks,

Henry

[RalphU (RU)]

Select the capitol shape and close the path. Then it will weld to the blue rectangle.

[nightowl (HColeman)]

That worked thanks for helping me resolve this so quickly!

Henry