Fill And Outline

[Juanito (Juan)]

Hello

I have a trouble with one file coming from Solidworks.

I import it perfectly but on my drawing I have some element fill and some in Outline.

If I choose Fill I have a message

And the result is wrong

Only doing the fill

If I choose Outline I’ll have only the Outline but not the fill.

Changing all fill element and put a new color is too long.

Do you have a tip to manage this kinf of problem

Thank you by advance

regards

NOTE : I attach the file

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[thelmuth (Tim Helmuth)]

Sorry, but this is a bad drawing.
There are many elements that don’t align properly and you have many Tee joints. Tee joints cannot connect in a fill path. A fillable path must be one continuous line that joins in the same place it started.

Only a couple of thes shapes can be closed and filled.

[Juanito (Juan)]

Hello

Thank you for your answer.

In fact the first picture is the real drawing. The importation is perfect.

My problem is that this drawing is made with fill element and line elements.

I can not do the both on the laser.

• If I select fill I’ll have only the fill element because it’ll not consider the line
• If I select outline I ll have only the line but the fill element ll not be done.

The only solution to have the good result is

• first to do the outline with the laser
• then do the fill after that

but I have to do in 2 steps

OR I have to select all line one by one so very long and change the color (by example red) and then select fill and change the color.

Do you have any other suggestions ?

Thank you

regards

[thelmuth (Tim Helmuth)]

OK, Try this. Preview the print and when the open shapes error appears, click show me. This will highlight all the lines that are set to fill, but are open shapes. Click any other layer color. This will change those lines to a new line layer. You now have 2 layers, one set to fill and one set to line. Adjust your settings and burn away.

[thelmuth (Tim Helmuth)]

@Juanito

In fact the first picture is the real drawing. The importation is perfect.

My problem is that this drawing is made with fill element and line elements.

I can not do the both on the laser.

• If I select fill I’ll have only the fill element because it’ll not consider the line
• If I select outline I ll have only the line but the fill element ll not be done.

Ahh, I didn’t understand the issue the first time. I thought you were trying to fill the entire image. My solution above should work for you.

If you want an outline around the filled areas, duplicate the entire project and place the duplicate on a line layer and temporarily disable that layer. Perform the steps above, but instead of moving the selected items to a new layer, delete them. Then you can reenable the hidden layer and you will have lines around everything and still have your fill areas.

[Juanito (Juan)]

Hello

Anybody can help ?

Thank you and regards

[bernd.dk (Bernd)]

@Juanito

Anybody can help ?

…what’s wrong with Tim’s answer? - you need to give some feedback to those who are trying to help you.

[Juanito (Juan)]

Hello

Thank you very much. This is perfect I just did it and I can do the job perfectly.

Thank again for assistance !

regards