How to fill a defined area

[Sinexus]

I have several lines that cross each other defining a closed area. I'm having trouble simply filling this enclosed area with a color, it only colors the lines that make up the area. Does this area need to be defined some other way?

 

[apepp]

...if you have CS 2 you can use the live paint feature, a paint bucket with a star symbol in the tools palette...

...or you can use the merge command in the pathfinder palette and then have a duplicate set of lines above it to add a stoke to the lines...

...or you could simply place a soilid area underneath your existing lines that has a fill applied to it...

...in most cases the pathfinder palette is your best friend along with the live paint feature in CS2, very handy!!!

have fun!
andrew

 

[jmgalvin]

Try selecting all the lines and open Pathfinder window. In the Pathfinders part of the window click on Divide - the first pathfinder. That will give you the area created by the intersection of the lines. Then fill that.

If you want to keep the rest of the lines, if they go further than the intersections, use the pen tool and click on each corner (including clicking the first corner again so as to close the path you've just created) of the area you want to fill. Then fill that.

Using OSX 10.3.9 on a G4

 

[Sinexus]

Thanks guys, that totally worked!