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Work with fills

There are a number of tasks that are common to all types of fills. You can choose a default fill color so that every object that you add to a drawing has the same fill. You can also remove a fill, copy it to another object, or use it to fill an area surrounded by an open curve.

If you want to apply the same fill to other objects or simultaneously modify the fill attributes of multiple objects in a drawing, you can save the fill settings as a style. For more information about styles, see Styles and style sets. You can search for objects based on their fill and replace the existing fill with a new one. For more information, see Find and replace colors.

To choose a default fill color

1 Click a blank area on the drawing page to deselect all objects.

2 On the status bar, double-click the Fill icon

3 In the Edit fill dialog box, choose a fill type, choose a fill color, and click OK.

4 In the Change document defaults dialog box, enable the check boxes for the types of objects whose default fill you want to change.

You can also change the default fill color by editing the default style sets in the Object Styles docker. For more information, see Manage and apply default object properties.

To remove a fill

1 Select an object.

2 Click the Interactive fill tool

in the toolbox, and then click the No fill button

on the property bar.

You cannot remove mesh fills by following this procedure. To remove a mesh fill from an object, select the object by using the Mesh fill tool , and click Clear Mesh on the property bar.

To copy a fill to another object

1 Using the Pick tool

, select the object from which you want to copy the fill.

2 With the right mouse button, drag the object over the destination object to which you want to apply the fill.

A blue outline of the first object follows the pointer to the destination object.

3 When the pointer changes to a crosshair pointer

, release the mouse button, and choose Copy fill here from the context menu.

You can also click the Interactive fill tool , select the object to which you want to copy a fill, click the Copy fill button on the property bar, and click the object from which you want to copy the fill.

You can also use the Attributes eyedropper tool to copy a fill. For more information, see To copy fill, outline, or text properties from one object to another.

You can also sample the color of an existing object and apply the sampled color to another object as a uniform fill. For more information, see To sample a color.

To show fills in open curves

1 Click Layout

Document Options.

2 In the left pane of the dialog box that appears, click General.

3 Enable the Fill open curves check box.