A hole in fill

[Tom Krowka]

Is there a way I can put a hole in fill, the same way I would make a hole in a slab or a roof?

I have a rectangle within a rectangle, and only want to fill the area between the rectangles.

The typical fill does the whole rectangle without eliminating the center portion. I tried with magic wand, selecting either edge, but no luck there.

[Stress Co_]

Select the edge of the fill to bring up the pet pallett and select the "subtract" tool.

[Tom Krowka]

Thanks.

I guess I did not look far enough.

[Anonymous]

You don't even need the pallette. If you highlight the fill just draw another one inside it. Same as a slab or a roof. I have a feeling magic wand doen't work when doing this but don't quote me on that.

Julia

[Link]

You don't even need the pallette. If you highlight the fill just draw another one inside it. Same as a slab or a roof. I have a feeling magic wand doen't work when doing this but don't quote me on that.

It should work to subtract, but unfortunately it won't work in one single step.

Cheers,
Link.

[Tom Krowka]

I tried the fill, then highlight and draw another on top......did not work. Maybe I did miss a step as Link implied.

What is the missing step?

[Ben Odonnell]

Tom,
It is important that you have your fill tool selected in the tool box. If you don't, the selected fill will simply be de-selected.

HTH.
Cheers.
Ben

[Link]

Tom, please take a look at the attached animation to see how it's done.

Cheers,
Link.

[Djordje]

Tom wrote:
I tried the fill, then highlight and draw another on top......did not work. Maybe I did miss a step as Link implied.

What is the missing step?

The fill tool has to be active.

This works on any polygon (fill, roof, slab) - and for the reason above I made it a habit to select the objects by right clicking, and choosing Select and activate tool. Then you draw the hole.

So: in order to make a hole in a polygon, the polygon tool has to be selected and the tool has to be active.

[Tom Krowka]

Thanks all. Guess I got that one down.