Creating shapes with holes

To draw a shape
containing holes you draw the shape and draw the outline of the hole and 'join' the shapes together.

To create shapes with holes

1. Draw the outline of your shape. See Drawing shapes.

2. Draw a shape for the outline of the hole.

3. Select both shapes. See Selecting objects.

4. From the Arrange Menu, choose Join Shapes.

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Joining and breaking shapes

Tips

You can also create shapes with holes using Slice Shapes and Subtract Shapes. See Slicing shapes and Subtracting shapes.

Once you have drawn a shape with holes, you can join it to more shapes to add more holes.

To separate the shapes again, use Break Shapes on the Arrange menu.