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  40 <topic id="textsdrawguidecombine_etcxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
  41 <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Combining Objects and Constructing Shapes</title>
  42 <filename>/text/sdraw/guide/combine_etc.xhp</filename>
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  45 <body>
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  49 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3156443"><bookmark_value>combining; draw objects</bookmark_value>
  50 <bookmark_value>merging; draw objects</bookmark_value>
  51 <bookmark_value>connecting; draw objects</bookmark_value>
  52 <bookmark_value>draw objects; combining</bookmark_value>
  53 <bookmark_value>intersecting draw objects</bookmark_value>
  54 <bookmark_value>polygons; intersecting/subtracting/merging</bookmark_value>
  55 <bookmark_value>subtracting polygons</bookmark_value>
  56 <bookmark_value>constructing shapes</bookmark_value>
  57 </bookmark>
  58   <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3156443" role="heading" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="64"><variable id="combine_etc"><link href="text/sdraw/guide/combine_etc.xhp" name="Combining Objects and Constructing Shapes">Combining Objects and Constructing Shapes</link>
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  60   <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149020" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="65">Combined drawing objects act as grouped objects, except that you cannot enter the group to edit the individual objects. </paragraph>
  61   <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154659" role="note" l10n="U" oldref="87">You can only combine 2D objects.</paragraph>
  62   <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3150344" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="32">To combine 2D objects:</paragraph>
  63   <list type="ordered">
  64    <listitem>
  65     <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3166428" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="66">Select two or more 2D objects.</paragraph>
  66    </listitem>
  67    <listitem>
  68     <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145587" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="67">Choose <emph>Modify - Combine</emph>.</paragraph>
  69    </listitem>
  70   </list>
  71   <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3146978" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="33">Unlike groups, a combined object takes on the properties of the lowermost object in the stacking order. You can split apart combined objects, but the original object properties are lost.</paragraph>
  72   <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155088" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="34">When you combine objects, holes appear where the objects overlap.</paragraph>
  73   <table id="tbl_id3148699">
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  76     <tablecell>
  77      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156019" role="paragraph" l10n="E">
  78 <image id="img_id3157978" src="res/helpimg/kombi1.png" width="8.3646inch" height="2.5inch"><alt xml-lang="en-US" id="alt_id3157978">Illustration for combining objects</alt>
  79         </image></paragraph>
  80     </tablecell>
  81    </tablerow>
  82   </table>
  83   <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153249" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="35">In the illustration, the uncombined objects are on the left and the combined objects on the right.</paragraph>
  84   <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3159229" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="68">Constructing Shapes</paragraph>
  85   <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150049" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="63">You can construct shapes by applying the <link href="text/simpress/01/13180000.xhp" name="Shapes"><emph>Shapes</emph></link> <emph>- Merge, Subtract and Intersect</emph> commands to two or more drawing objects.</paragraph>
  86   <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147403" role="note" l10n="U" oldref="88">Shape commands only work on 2D objects.</paragraph>
  87   <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150539" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="89">Constructed shapes take on the properties of the lowermost object in the stacking order.</paragraph>
  88   <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3156402" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="90">To construct a shape:</paragraph>
  89   <list type="ordered">
  90    <listitem>
  91     <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3157874" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="69">Select two or more 2D objects.</paragraph>
  92    </listitem>
  93    <listitem>
  94     <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150650" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="70">Choose <emph>Modify - Shapes</emph> and one of the following:</paragraph>
  95    </listitem>
  96   </list>
  97   <list type="unordered">
  98    <listitem>
  99     <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145829" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="91"> <emph>Merge</emph> </paragraph>
 100    </listitem>
 101    <listitem>
 102     <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154680" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="92"> <emph>Subtract</emph> </paragraph>
 103    </listitem>
 104    <listitem>
 105     <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153034" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="93"> <emph>Intersect</emph>.</paragraph>
 106    </listitem>
 107   </list>
 108   <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3145144" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="94">Shape Commands</paragraph>
 109   <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153931" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="71">In the following illustrations, the original objects are on the left and the modified shapes on the right.</paragraph>
 110   <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3149950" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="72">Shapes - Merge</paragraph>
 111   <table id="tbl_id3153083">
 112
 113    <tablerow>
 114     <tablecell>
 115      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148585" role="paragraph" l10n="E">
 116 <image id="img_id3145593" src="res/helpimg/formvers.png" width="3.4791inch" height="1.3126inch"><alt xml-lang="en-US" id="alt_id3145593">Illustration for merging shapes</alt>
 117         </image></paragraph>
 118     </tablecell>
 119    </tablerow>
 120   </table>
 121   <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150001" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="73">Adds the area of the selected objects to the area of the lowermost object in the stacking order.</paragraph>
 122   <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153002" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="74">Shapes - Subtract</paragraph>
 123   <table id="tbl_id3153571">
 124
 125    <tablerow>
 126     <tablecell>
 127      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150338" role="paragraph" l10n="E">
 128 <image id="img_id3154505" src="res/helpimg/formsubt.png" width="3.4689inch" height="1.3126inch"><alt xml-lang="en-US" id="alt_id3154505">Illustration for subtracting shapes</alt>
 129         </image></paragraph>
 130     </tablecell>
 131    </tablerow>
 132   </table>
 133   <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150022" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="75">Subtracts the area of the selected objects from the area of the lowermost object in the stacking order.</paragraph>
 134   <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3147370" role="heading" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="78">Shapes - Intersect</paragraph>
 135   <table id="tbl_id3153738">
 136
 137    <tablerow>
 138     <tablecell>
 139      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150570" role="paragraph" l10n="E">
 140 <image id="img_id3150658" src="res/helpimg/formschn.png" width="3.4272inch" height="1.302inch"><alt xml-lang="en-US" id="alt_id3150658">Illustration for intersecting shapes</alt>
 141         </image></paragraph>
 142     </tablecell>
 143    </tablerow>
 144   </table>
 145   <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3157972" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="79">The overlapping area of the selected objects creates the new shape.</paragraph>
 146   <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3151020" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="80">The area outside the overlap is removed.</paragraph>
 147   <section id="relatedtopics">
 148
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 152  </body>
 153 </helpdocument>