Xav, I zoomed in with the display mode and removed 1 line from each of those shapes. Now when I try to fill, it adds the second line back to any object or the whole object when i do that? I am sure I am still doing something wrong here but I will keep at it until it sinks in. ;) I went to the "...

Ok, here is the file. It seems to work now but yesterday I was having no luck at all. Maybe I was just making too many layers trying to fix it and got in a rut. Any tips/tricks/info on making it better??
Thanks,
grumple

you might find some other useful information about drawing gears here: http://howto.nicubunu.ro/gears/ Good info. I already looked at that last night before I went to bed and tried some of it. It doesn't apply to what I want to do. I can export my handy work as a PNG and it looks fine and has the t...

Ok, I tried it multiple times and it almost works. ;) The circles for the bolt pattern work with the Combine CTRL-K but the other holes I have put on there have a different shape and were extracted from a traced bitmap. I can fill them separately but not what I am wanting to do. They also have that ...

Thanks guys. I will give this a try and report back. I did make the gear with RENDER-GEAR and did have a center circle involved. And Xav, thanks for the detailed reply. Great info.
grumple

Hi all, It's my first post so be easy on me. :lol: I have created a gear using the gear tool in Inkscape 092.1 and then added some circles on the gear to simulate bolt holes. When I try to fill the object with a color, it also fills in the bolt holes, which i want to remain transparent. I tried a fe...