Convert stroke to fill

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Converts a stroked path to a filled path.

The stroke properties become the fill properties of the newly created object.

There are two methods to make the conversion:

Placing the objects with stroke or fill in a knockout group This method puts everything in a form. This may be undesirable; if so, you can select the second option.

Clipping the object with fill by the object with stroke This method works in a different way, without knockout groups, it simply cuts away the stroked object. Note that exceptionally small hairlines may be visible (depending on the renderer used).

In most cases, there will be no visual difference between both methods.

Some examples where this Action can be useful:

You want to combine shapes (Combine and divide shapes). This is not possible with objects that have no fill.
You want to remove one dash of a dashed line. This is only possible after you have converted the stroke to a filled path.