how do i group and fill a graphic in coreldraw please?

[Lance Sherrard]

Hey Russ, from my very limited experience I would say you have a whole heap of line segments in that design rather than a series of closed shapes. You cannnot fill an open shape.
Have a look through Corel help files on Close Shape or Close Path.
What V are you using ?

best

lance

[Russell Pavey]

Thanks Lance

I’m using Version 11. Thanks for pointer.

Russ

[Martin Armitage]

Could you group all the lines then set a very narrow outline to the whole shape

[Lance Sherrard]

Don’t know about V11, but in X3 if you select all segments and go Arrange – Close path yo should be able to create a closed shape.
Make a copy of what you have before you do anything, just in case things don’t work the way you hope.
Could you ‘praps post the file for others to play with ?

[Jill Marie Welsh]

Make a copy, as Lance wisely suggested.
Save it elsewhere.
Then:
Select all…then group.
Then Ungroup.
Then Combine.
Try that.
I’m only a year into Corel 9 and I still suck at it!
Love….Jill

[David Rowland]

shift click the other lines around the bit u want… that will select the items
then press Ctrl L (Combine)
Most nodes will be connected

Then modify with shape tool if needed.

takes some time to master.

[Russell Pavey]

Thanks very much all of you for your tips.

Lance couldn’t get the close path thing to work.

Using the "combin" method worked but as you said Dave and Jill needs a bit of mastering – took me ages!!

Thanks again guys

Much appreciated