Try to make a fill but it is not what i like to have

[JohanB (J.J. van Ballegooijen)]

Hello,
I try to make a frontplate for a power unit. I like to do this as a scan (Fill) It has to do al of the black lines and the red lines must be cut out. But all i get are black areas and not only the lines. What do i wrong??

Johan

[Rick (Technical Evangelist)]

You do not have your scan filled objects setup correctly. Have a look at this for a better understanding of how the boundaries of the filled objects control what gets filled.

How do I invert (negate) a vector engraving?

If you want to invert a vector engraving (Fill layer) you need to add an outline to it. Think about what happens when you scan a circle, compared to the letter ‘O’. The inner ring of the O toggles the fill. If you add another shape (like a square) outside it, it negates the whole thing: [image] And a slightly different example, this time done by changing the outer line around the design to a ‘Line’, instead of leaving it as part of the Fill layer: [image] In the case above, the design alr…

[JohanB (J.J. van Ballegooijen)]

YES !! Sometimes it is soooo very simple that you even see it. Thanks a lot for the help!!

Johan