Illustrator help

[Minwah]

I'm having a bit of trouble...my friend who modelled my cabinet for me in Solid Works has given me the side shape in .dxg format (some kind of cad file).  I've imported it into Illustrator, and scaled it accordingly.

What I want to do is to be able to do is somehow treat the lines as 1 large object, in order that I can fill the shape etc.  I can group the lines but I don't know what else to do.

Not sure if that makes sense entirely but I've attached where I'm at so far (rename to .ai).

Thanks for any help

[darkmavis]

hi dude, can tpromise i can help, but looking at it now for ya

[darkmavis]

hi dude, i get an illigal errror when trying to open that file (even when renamed) can u save it again?

[Oddfeld]

What you need to do is select two open endpoints of separate lines and use the join command (ctrl-J) to link them into one path. Rinse and repeat until you have a closed shape.

Here's a fixed one (rename to .ai):

[darkmavis]

bah, beat me to it its harder to use than i thought

[Minwah]

What you need to do is select two open endpoints of separate lines and use the join command (ctrl-J) to link them into one path. Rinse and repeat until you have a closed shape.

Here's a fixed one (rename to .ai):

Thanks very much indeed, thats great   Quite easy when you know how...

darkmavis: yes, I find all Adobe products quite difficult to use...too used to M$ products I suppose  .  I used to have a lot of fun with graphics packages (if you can call them that) in the 8-bit days...I find it more of a chore now 

[darkmavis]

deluxe paint on the amiga  the good old days, i find photoshop easy (now im used to the terminology)  im sure ill get used to illustrator im at the, grrrr stage though, i know what i want to do, i just dont know what button to hit :d

[Oddfeld]

It helps if you use it every day at work for 10 years or so...

[darkmavis]

 

[mahuti]

Good ole dpaint. I used that application for years when I was training to be an animator. Got boring, so I switched to graphic design. Good thing I was using photoshop & pagemaker at the same time... the transition wasn't so bad.