Space Fill Preferences

Space Fill Preferences Dialog

1. Auto Detect Container Object

When enabled (the default), the largest path in the selection (as measured by the area of its bounding box) is used as the container object, regardless of where it lies in the stacking order. However, there may be occasional cases when the desired container path is smaller than some paths in the filling art (perhaps the filling art will be scaled down). In this case, with the preference turned off, a specific path can be forced as the container object by placing it at the bottom of the selection’s stacking order before clicking the Make button.

2. Release Filling Art

Specifies the placement of the filling art object or objects after a Space Fill object is released. The default location is In Original Position(s), which places them in the positions they had when the Space Fill was made. However, this may be a long way from the container path if the Space Fill was subsequently moved. For this reason, an alternate placement is available: Next To Container Path, which places them directly to the right of the container path.

3. Help Button

Opens the help documentation in the Astute Manager. If this does not automatically appear, please ensure your Astute Manager is running first.