HOW to fill Vectors by having only borders available

[Silentgr33n]

Hi everybody, 

first of all I'm not professional at using Affinity right now but keen to improve. 

I've come to a point where I don't know how to proceed or not sure if there is a more clever way in doing it.

 

My Target: 

I would like to fill in all enclosed areas in a vector frame. And have borders and the enclosed areas as seperate vectors.

The vector consists only of borders surronding empty areas.

 

My Problem Vector

Below u find a vector work, where I would like to fill all enclosed areas with white while ( not really a must have but would be nice to have) [ and the surrondings should be black as an border.]

Currently I do the following:

1. ADD funktion so i get one big Vector where all borders are connected

2. I subtract this big vector from a new white layer in the very back. 

3. Then I use the split up function to split this into pieces 

4. Deleting superimposed layers -manual work- Sometimes difficult and not possible sometimes crazy vector failurs... 

5. Sometimes usable results... 

 

Maybe you have a more sufficient way in solving my problem.

 

*Incase this has been mentioned already I'm very sorry but I didn't find it using the search function.*

 

Thank you in advance for your input!

PS.: Very best from Germany stay healty. 

Silent. 

 

[lepr]

Welcome to the Affinity forums

See if this helps: 

 

[Silentgr33n]

Hi Anon2,

thank you for your answer.

Just checking the entry

Edited November 18, 2020 by Silentgr33n
I didn't read though the whole article.

[lepr]

4 minutes ago, Silentgr33n said:

Hi Anon2,

thank you for your answer.

Indeed, this looks like an more simple solution than mine but than I have to buy adobe software because this is illustrator. 

Is the same process not possible in Affinity Design /Photo / Illustrator? 

Very best

Silent. 

I use Affinity, not Adobe. Maybe you are reading somebody else's messages somewhere. I even provided an Affinity file (containing a yellow star) with history in it so the process can be stepped through.

[Silentgr33n]

Just 1 min earlyer I recognized it.  Thank's mate! for helping me out! ... I have recognized that there are still some errors but it is still an solution and more quicker. 

 

Very best

Silent

[Silentgr33n]

Just 1 min earlyer I recognized it.  Thank's mate! for helping me out! ... I have recognized that there are still some errors but it is still an solution and more quicker. 

One thing which is still a problem after adding the vectors they sometimes apear as seen in the pictur, maybe you know why this happens and how to tackle this.

Very best

Silent

[lepr]

1 hour ago, Silentgr33n said:

One thing which is still a problem after adding the vectors they sometimes apear as seen in the pictur, maybe you know why this happens and how to tackle this.

It will be easier to help if you provide a simple example Affinity document where the problem arises. The document needs to be in the state before attempting the method that I suggested.

[Silentgr33n]

Okay, here you are. 

As you can see it happens right after the addition of the curves. But only in some Vector data.

 

Very best

Silent

 

problem.afdesign

[lepr]

Your file contains the result of doing the Add. I asked for a file that has not had any of my suggested procedure performed.

[Silentgr33n]

Hm maybe I didn't understand you correct sorry  

Here is the original file as I got it.

6723.eps

[lepr]

Thanks for the file. The problem is Affinity's poor destructive Boolean operations. They became even less reliable in the 1.8.x versions of the apps. Fortunately, the non-destructive Boolean operations are more robust (I think they use code from 1.7.x) and solve your problem.

Hold down the opt/alt key when invoking a Boolean operation to create a Compound, which is a type of group which non-destructively combines its member shapes. Then the Convert To Curves commmand can be used to convert the Compound to a single Curves object as if a destructive Boolean command had been used.

Attached is an Affinity document containing history which you can rewind then step through to see how I solved your problem by creating a temporary Compound instead of doing a destructive Add. Note that the first step was to delete the unnecessary rectangle which is the same size as the canvas. I also deleted the two Group objects at the end because they were empty at that stage.

 

6723 with history.afdesign

Edited November 18, 2020 by anon2
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[firstdefence]

@anon2 There is no history with your file. 

[lepr]

Sorry. I've attached a new one to my previous post.

[lepr]

I should have mentioned that there are some green shapes atop green shapes which need to be given a black fill so that they become the "lines" around further overlying green shapes. They can be revealed by selecting all objects (not the containing Layer) and reducing opacity.

[Silentgr33n]

Hey Anon2, 

tahnk you very much for solving the "problem". 

Have a great day and stay healthy.

Very best

Silent