Combining Shapes and Creating Lines From Objects

The effects in Figure 30-49 through Figure 30-50 show the effects you can combine, typically only to vector graphics like polygons and Bezier curves.

• Connection Turning two or more objects into connected unfilled lines, which you can manipulate as you would Bezier curves

• Combining Two or more objects are turned into lines, preserving the fill color of one, which you can manipulate as you would Bezier curves

• Shapes features Merge, Subtract, and Intersect

Figure 30-49. Conversion examples of combining vector objects

Figure 30-50. Conversion examples of objects

Connecting Objects as a Bezier Curve

1. Select two or more objects.

2. Right-click and choose Connect.

3. The objects will be turned into unfilled lines (Figure 30-51), which you can manipulate as you would Bezier curves.

   Figure 30-51. Connecting objects

   

4. Click the Edit Points icon to stop editing; it will become a normal object.

5. Right-click the object and choose Break to turn the object into individual lines.

Note

To return the objects to normal, right-click and select Split, then click Edit Points.

Combining Objects as a Bezier Curve

1. Select two or more objects.

2. Right-click and choose Combine.

3. The objects will be turned into lines, preserving the fill (Figure 30-52), which you can manipulate as you would Bezier curves.

   Figure 30-52. Combining objects

   

4. Click the Edit Points icon to stop editing; it will become a normal object.

5. Right-click the object and choose Break to turn the object into a individual lines.

Note

To return the objects to normal, right-click and select Split, then click Edit Points.

Merging, Subtracting, and Intersecting

See Figure 30-49 on page 828 for illustrations of these effects.

1. Select two or more objects.

2. Right-click and choose Shape, then Merge, Subtract, or Intersect.