Combining objects

Combining two or more objects creates a single object with common fill and outline attributes. You can combine rectangles, ellipses, polygons, stars, spirals, graphs, or text so that they are converted to a single curve object. If you need to modify the attributes of an object that has been combined from separate objects, you can break apart the combined object. You can extract a subpath from a combined object to create two separate objects. You can also weld two or more objects to create a single object. For information about welding objects, see “Welding and intersecting objects.”

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The two objects (left) are combined to create a single object (right). The new object has the fill and outline properties of the last object selected.


To combine objects

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Select the objects to be combined.
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Click Arrange CorelDRAW onestep Combining objects Combine.

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Combined text objects become larger blocks of text.

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You can also combine selected objects by clicking the Combine button CorelDRAW pgx combine button Combining objects on the property bar.
 
You can close open lines in a combined object by clicking Arrange CorelDRAW onestep Combining objects Close path and clicking a command.

To break apart a combined object

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Select a combined object.
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Click Arrange CorelDRAW onestep Combining objects Break curve apart.

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If you break apart a combined object that contains artistic text, the text breaks apart into lines first, and then into words. Paragraph text breaks into separate paragraphs.

To extract a subpath from a combined object

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Click the Shape tool CorelDRAW pgx shape tool Combining objects , and select a segment, node, or group of nodes on a combined object.
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Click the Extract subpath button CorelDRAW pgx extract subpath Combining objects on the property bar.

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After you extract the subpath, the fill and outline properties of the path are removed from the combined object.

Combining objects