Erase Tool

[Jackie]

Hi I'm new to Macromedia Fireworks MX and I just cannot seem to get the
erase tool to work properly. If I draw a line using either a line tool or a
brush tool I can erase the line with the eraser tool. However if I draw a
filled circle or rectangle I cannot erase any part of that circle. I am
trying to do this tutorial

[url]http://www.cbtcafe.com/fireworks/3Dtext/3dtext4.html[/url]

but I cannot use the erase tool to split the circle in half. In fact any
filled circle or rectangle will not let me erase any part of it. What am I
doing wrong or am I missing?

Thanks
Jackie

[Linda Rathgeber]

Hi Jackie,

The Eraser tool only works on Bitmaps. You'll need to cut the shape in
half with the Knife tool, or cut it by punching another shape through it.


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[Chester Harold]

This is definitely not the preferred option, but you could flatten your
vector circle. Then it will be a bitmap, and you can do what you want to it
that way, including erase it. However, it is much cleaner and faster to do
what Linda said.

Chet