Fill Tool
Reference
Mode: | Draw Mode |
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Panel: | Toolbar ‣ Tools ‣ Draw Tools ‣ Fill |
The Fill tool is used to automatically fill closed strokes areas.
Usage
Selecting a Brush and Material
In the Tool Settings select the brush and material to use with the tool.The Fill tool uses Fill Brush types.See Common Options for more information.
Common Brush Options
You can also configure the brush main settings exposed on the Tool Settings for convenience.For the fill brushes configuration and settingssee: Fill Brush.
Filling Areas
Click LMB in a closed stroke area. The tool will automatically calculatethe boundary and create a new closed stroke filled with the material selected.
Original Drawing. | Use the fill tool to leak materials on closed areas. | Final filled drawing. |
Boundary Strokes
If you have a large gap in an area that you want fill,you can use Boundary Strokes, a temporary help lines for closing open shapes.To create a Boundary Strokes use Alt-LMB and draw a line to close the desired area.
Original Drawing. | Add Boundary Strokes to close open areas (red lines). | Use Fill Tool to leak material on the new closed area. |
When you are satisfied with the fill result you can delete the Boundary strokes usingthe Clean Up tool in the Stroke Menu in Edit Mode.
Switch to Draw Tool
Use Ctrl-LMB to change temporary to the active draw tool.For example to manually cover small areas difficult to reach for the fill tool.see Draw Tool for more information.
Fill Options
- Resolution
- Multiplier for fill resolution.Higher values gives better fill boundary accuracy but slower time for calculations.
- Ignore Transparent strokes
When enabled, strokes with transparency does not take into account on fill boundary calculations.
- Threshold
- Threshold value to consider a material transparent.