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Alexandre Brandt
Inspiring
March 6, 2018
Question

Shapes not filling

  • March 6, 2018
  • 5 replies
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I've got a design I got in .svg.

When, trying to fill the shapes in Illustrator with some solid color, thing happens.

I tried several times, changing View, Outiline, preview, etc., closing, reopening. Nothing.

Any ideas ?

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    Participant
    November 22, 2021

    hello Alexandre,

    i was wondering if you have found a solution to your problem? i am having the same problem with an SVG i exported from Rhino, i have never seen this behavor in illustrator, i verified everything i can think about but still can not understand what is happening.

    as you can see in the image below, both selected objects have the same fill and stroke, no mask, closed paths, no graphic style or blending mode, no mask, ... everything is boring normal but impossible to show the filling color of the X shape!

    Doug A Roberts
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    November 22, 2021

    Select just the 'X' and show the appearance panel.

    Participant
    November 22, 2021

    that's it !!! 

    thanx for the tip, the fill was at 0%!

    rcraighead
    Legend
    March 7, 2018

    It is very possible your "Shapes" are built with disconnected strokes. You can select all and "Join" to connect end points into corner points.

    Seeing the expanded Layers panel would tell a lot.

    barbara_a7746676
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    March 6, 2018

    If it happens to be a compound path, using Live Paint Bucket will automatically release the compound path.

    rcraighead
    Legend
    March 6, 2018

    Look in the "Layers Panel". See if it is a "Compound Path". Try "Object>Compound Path>Release" and see if you can assign colors.

    Alexandre Brandt
    Inspiring
    March 7, 2018

    Hey, I checked, there is no compound path. Also the "release" is grayed out from the Object menu.

    I just found another artwork to work with... for a Keynote presentation...

    Thank you

    Inspiring
    March 7, 2018

    Can you share the file?

    barbara_a7746676
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    March 6, 2018

    I'd suggest that you try converting to a live paint object.

    First select the artwork.

    Select the Live Paint tool.

    Choose the fill color you want and click the Live Paint tool in the area you want to fill.