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I have a circle with separate vertical and horizontal lines. I have grouped all three but get "area is not bounded cannot fill". I am guessing that it is because the vertical and horizontal lines and the circle are not 'all in one' as it were. If this is the case, how do I 'bound' these individuals as one? Thanks for your help and hello everyone. casual self teaching user.
Re: Bound(ing)
I guess you're trying to use the flood fill tool 
This is a pixel-based tool which creates a fill by finding all the pixels that are connected to the one you click, and are also the same colour (=/- the threshold amount). The edge of the shape created is determined by the point at which the pixel colours change - in other words the visual boundary of the area. If your boundary isn't closed, or you zoom in too much so that you can't see the boundary, then you'll get this message.
It might be easiest to attach a screenshot or your SVG file with some description of the part you want to fill, so we can see how the lines and circle relate to one another and if there are any obvious gaps that would stop the flood fill from working.
This is a pixel-based tool which creates a fill by finding all the pixels that are connected to the one you click, and are also the same colour (=/- the threshold amount). The edge of the shape created is determined by the point at which the pixel colours change - in other words the visual boundary of the area. If your boundary isn't closed, or you zoom in too much so that you can't see the boundary, then you'll get this message.
It might be easiest to attach a screenshot or your SVG file with some description of the part you want to fill, so we can see how the lines and circle relate to one another and if there are any obvious gaps that would stop the flood fill from working.
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Re: Bound(ing)
You may have an open path that needs to be closed (hard to know without looking at it, as stated by XAV).
An easy way to determine that is to 'select all', then apply a stroke of a bright/different color from your design, so that it stands out easy. I sometimes make the stroke big (e.g. 6 px). Then look closely at the design, if part of the stroke is missing, then you've probably got an open path which can be closed by selecting the 2 closest nodes (be sure you're in the node tool) and then click on 'join selected end nodes with a new segment', and that should do it, then you should be able to fill the object normally again.
An easy way to determine that is to 'select all', then apply a stroke of a bright/different color from your design, so that it stands out easy. I sometimes make the stroke big (e.g. 6 px). Then look closely at the design, if part of the stroke is missing, then you've probably got an open path which can be closed by selecting the 2 closest nodes (be sure you're in the node tool) and then click on 'join selected end nodes with a new segment', and that should do it, then you should be able to fill the object normally again.
Re: Bound(ing)
In this particular case if you want to fill the whole of the image, rather than individual sections, you should just select the ellipse, set a fill colour and then send it to the back.