Stroke and Fill Tools

The stroke and fill tools adjust styles and fills of objects.

From left to right:

Line style: Select to apply a thin or thick line effect to a selected object.

line style SmartBar

From left to right:

  • No line
  • Hairline
  • Thick line
  • Line thickness
  • Dotted line (gap and stroke)
  • Lock proportions (aspect ratio)
  • Line in front
  • Line behind
  • End caps (butt, extended, rounded)
  • Corners (sharp, round, miter)
  • Stroke colors
  • Gradient stroke drop-down list: Select one color, linear (linear gradient that extends outwards from the center line), step (pinstripe effect with a sharp transition between colors), or bevel (halo effect with one dominant color and the other along the edges of the stroke).
  • Set as default line setting

Gradient fills: Select to apply a gradient fill to a selected object (RGB colors).

gradient fills

gradient-fills

From top left:

  • Linear fill
  • Radial fill
  • Conical fill
  • Uniform fill
  • Square fill
  • Triangle fill

  • Clear nubs (to remove control nubs previously added using the gradient slider)
    Note: This button is visible after adding nubs.

  • Gradient slider: Use the slider to control the gradient.
    Note: If you want to add new nubs that can be used to add new color, double-click on the gradient slider.
  • Color selection: Use the drop-down to launch the Color Selection dialog and edit colors.
  • Position of fill (controls position where effect begins)
  • Pinstripe
  • Spectrum up: Gradient has first color on bottom and transitions to second color at top.
  • Blend
  • Spectrum down: Gradient has first color on top and transitions to second color on bottom.
  • Angle of fill
  • Repeats (use the drop-down to select style and the arrows to set number of repeats)

Pattern fills: Select to apply a process color fill by tiling a bitmap.

pattern fills SmartBar

pattern-fills

From left to right:

  • Select pattern bitmap
  • Cell width and height
  • Lock proportions
  • Cell x and y offset
  • Skew fill
  • Rotate fill
  • Percent of tile x and y direction
  • Enable partial fill
  • Enable transparent color
  • Color picker

Hatch fill: Select to apply a crosshatch or solid fill to a selected object.

hatch fill SmartBar

From left to right:

  • Tool width
  • Fill angle
  • Fill style
  • Fill color
  • Fill offset

Transparency fill: Select to apply effects that are transparent with objects below showing through.

transparency fill

transparency-fill

From top left, clockwise:

  • No transparency
  • Uniform fill
  • Linear fill
  • Conical fill
  • Contour fill
  • Pattern fill
  • Radial fill
  • Square fill
  • *configuration is dependent on option chosen

English-only Transparencies on vectors