Using Fill Options
Designer lets you control whether overlaps or cut-outs are filled and whether the interior is filled before or after the line. For more information on overlaps and cut-outs, see "Connecting Objects."
Filling Overlaps
Designer lets you control whether the overlapping areas of an object are filled or skipped.
Overlaps filled and skipped
Fill Before or After Line
You can specify whether an object's interior is filled before or after its line is drawn.
Fill before and after
- The Fill Before Line and Fill After Line commands do not apply to hairlines. Objects with only hairlines are not affected. You can increase the thickness of the lines and then use either of the commands. If you apply either of the commands to an object that includes both hairlines and weighted lines, only the weighted lines are affected.
- The Fill After Line option can work well for shadow effects.