
Combining Drawing-Objects and Primitives
Complex Graphics on a Single Layer
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Figure 5.19 Applying the Modify > Combine Objects >
Union command to drawing-object or primitive-shape
fi lls of the same color (left) melds the fi lls and creates
a single drawing-object (right).
Figure 5.20 Applying the Modify > Combine Objects >
Union command to drawing-objects (or primitive-
shapes) of different colors (left) causes the selected
fi lls and strokes to replace and segment one another
as merge-shapes would. The resulting shapes unite in
a single drawing-object (right).
Figure 5.21 Try double-clicking the new drawing-
object after you’ve applied Union to ...