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5.03.2 Inside Fills Versus Outside Fills
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In certain situations, you might want to reverse the parts of a design that are filled. To do this, add any
outside shape to the design, such as a rectangle, an oval, a heart, etc. The engraving fill automatically fills
the space between this new outside shape and the original design.
For example, if three stars are sent to the
Engraving Module
, then they will immediately fill with lines
such as this:
If shapes are added around these stars, then the fill pattern reverses to fill the space between the
original shapes and the new outside shapes:
If another shape is added to the outside of these shapes (a large rectangle is added to encompass the
three shapes), then the fill will revert back to the original stars and a line fill is added between the
rectangle and the outside shapes that were added:
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If, for some reason, you want the outside shape present but NOT have the area between the two shapes
filled, then only select the initial shapes (i.e. the stars) to send to the
Engraving Module.
