How to fill in image

allthingsknotical

So I want to color just the anchors itself. When I try to do it , it fills in the inside of the circles,diamond, and lower diamondish portion. Help!!

Liz_A

@allthingsknotical ; - Welcome to the Make The Cut! software forum. We support users who are using the software Make The Cut! with their cutters.

You'll have to isolate the anchor from the other pieces that are connected. Don't know how to do that in Silhouette Studio, but look for a tool that looks like a pencil and draw lines where needed to isolate the anchor.

Liz_A

You will have to also tell it cut inner shapes. The darker red line shows that just the outer edge cuts, I do believe.

allthingsknotical

I just need the inner pieces to just look like the mat grid

allthingsknotical

How do I just make the anchor itself a certain color and the middle portions stay the mat color with the grid

Crazy_Mr_Zing

It would appear the anchor shape may not be a closed path and therefore can not be filled.

Once the anchor is a closed path you should be able to subtract the circle and the diamond from the anchor shape and then add fill.

allthingsknotical

I want the colored portions to be the background mat color and the actual anchor to be a color which I can’t figure out

Crazy_Mr_Zing

I think the anchor outline is a open path meaning it has one or more breaks in it  

open path can not contain fill

once you make the anchor outline a closed path you should the be able to subtract the circle and the diamond and then be able to apply fill to just the anchor shape itself