Creating shapes by joining others

A very useful feature of Fireworks is that it allows you to join vector shapes to create more complex shapes. In this tutorial we are going to join the rounded rectangle we created to the ellipse shape to form the body shape of the GIZMO.

1. Select both the shapes by either
   - Clicking on one shape and then Shift+Click on the other
   or
   - Clicking on the layer for one shape in the layers panel and then Shift-Click on the layer for the other shape.
   
2. Choose Modify > Combine Paths > Union.
   The two shape have now become one. And notice there is now only one layer in the layers panel.
   
   
3. Name this one layer Body by double-clicking on the layer title.
   

©Andrew Craigie 2002