Operation Manual

40 Lines, Curves and Shapes
If you don't want to bother with these settings and you just want to
start flooding, see To flood an area on p. 40.
• Tolerance: This defines the difference from the starting pixel
where the boundary will be drawn. Any pixel which is less than
the tolerance in difference to the starting pixel, and is
connected to the starting pixel by other similar pixels will be
filled. Any connected pixel which is more different than the
tolerance will be considered a boundary and will not be filled.
• Feature Size: This controls the accuracy of the flood. A smaller
value ensures an accurately shaped flood.
• Inflate / Deflate: The created flood will be resized based on this
value. Inflate (positive values) can be used to ensure there are
no gaps. Deflate (negative values) can be used for artistic effect.
• Apply Line Style: Automatically apply the line style to the
created flood using the style currently set in the Line tab.
• Select-on-Create: Upon flooding, the flood object is
automatically selected for editing.
Flooding an area
Once you have applied the optional flood settings, you can start
flooding. Based on the settings, DrawPlus will flood the visual boundary
of an area with a colour or fill specified in the
Fill swatch.
To flood an area:
1. On the Drawing toolbar, click the arrow next to the
Freeform
Paint Tool. This will display the Vector Edit Tools flyout.
2. From the flyout, select the
Flood Tool.