Vector (Hatch) Fills - Vision Engraving & Routing Systems Express User Manual

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The final image is shown below after it was imported and converted to a vector outline. It is ready to cut
or engrave.
4.8.2

Vector (Hatch) Fills

When an outline of an object needs to have the interior, or sections of the interior engraved, the Hatch
Fill tool is used. As an example, if a simple circle is drawn in the Vision Express 9 software, but the user
wants to engrave the entire circle, not just the outline, a hatch fill is used to create the vector fill path for
the engraver to follow. In this section, three applications of a hatch fill will be shown.
Filling a simple object
After creating a new file in the Vision Express 9 software, draw a circle using the Circle icon from the
Shape Tools flyout menu,
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