Shaping Tools

There are many ways to create unique object in COrelDraw. Since almost all objects has own basic shape, we can make it from combining many basic shape objects. The shapping tools is one of a nice tool to do this jobs.
The shapping tools is created or modify the two or more shape depending on the each functions.

To activate the shaping docker, we can select from menu bar and checked windows > dockers > shaping

How to activated Shaping Docker

1. Weld Shaping
Weld Shaping tool offer a function to combine two or more shapes into one shape.

picture 1.1. Shaping Docker - Weld shaping

For an example, in the picture 1.2 below we can see how the weld shaping create a new shape.

picture 1.2. Example using weld shaping (before --> after )

2. Trim Shaping
Trim can be used to create complex shapes depends on what object you select for trim. Please understand sequential order.

HOw it work
When there are two object and overlapping each other, functions trim shaping can be done.

Picture 2.1. Steps by Step how to trim shaping

1. With the pick tool, select the source shape, in here the circle is the source shape.

2. Then, in the shaping docker, choose trim from the drop down menu. Check the source object(s).
Then click the trim button, you will see the cursor change to trim cursor.

3. After the cursor change, select the target object you want to trim by the already selected object, in here we select the rectangle.

4. The result is, we obtain new shape after triming.
the circular shape (as a source object)is not changed, but the rectangle (as a target object) has been truncated form of overlapping circles.

3. Intersect Shaping
Intersect shaping create a new shape from the two overlapping objects, without deleting the source objects.
Intersect object is like two married shape and they have children from their ovelapping.

picture 3.1 Intersect docker

Intersect docker offer more options than the shaping toolbar

Picture 3.2. Intersect result example (before --> after)

Picture 3.2 is showing result from two rectangle overlapping, first is red rectangle, and second is green rectangle. If we intersect shaping to both of them, it give result yellow rectangle, but the source objects (red and gree rectangle) still in the stage.

4. Simplify Shaping
This shaping function almost same with the trim shaping. But maybe, for the complex objects, it give another different shaping function.

5. Front Minus Back
This shaping will truncate the upper shape with the lower shape selected. So the shape must be in overlapping each other.


picture 5.1 Front minus back docker

Picture 5.2 Front minus back example ( before --> after )

When shaping, we should select select both shape, and applying it with select front minus back from the shaping docker dropdown.
The result color still using the upper shape.

6. Back Minus Front
This shaping is the inverse of Front minus back.
The result color use shape at lower shape.