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- kezza_2
If you have a horizontal line and a 45 degree line, how do you join them with a 45 degree curve as opposed to a segment of a circle....
- Beech0
how do you mean? like using the pen tool with bezier curves? or some kind of fileter?
- GreedoLives0
sorry pal, you gotta cut that circle...or use a dashed stroke on the circle.
it'd be faster to cut the circle up rather than trying to get that dash to align.
- Mick0
Draw a circle. Draw a vertical line right down the centre, paste in front then rotate the new line 45 deg. Now u have a piece of pie - split the circle at the intersection points on the outer pie crust and u got ya circle segment.
- GreedoLives0
i would just up the line weight to something large (like 10 points), hit round corners in the stroke menu and outline the strokes.
that should do the same thing as in the subway map. autmatic rounded corners.
- kezza_20
sorry guys, tried both and not the same.
rounded corners doesnt work because it only round the outside, not the inside.
Im not looking for a segment of a cirle but a line that curves 45 degrees.
thanks anyways....
- Beech0
I often have these kind of problems in AI. I think sometimes i get too obsessed with being absolutely exact. Often the simplest things take me the longest because I can acheive such accuracy.
can anyone else relate to this?
- GreedoLives0
ok so try this one on.
lil more complicated, but you might like the results better.draw the line, up the line weight to something large, put an round corners effect (not filter) on it till you get what you like, then object>flatten transparency>convert strokes to outlines. you'll then have to join the whole thing because it draws a bunch of circles and complicated joints, but the rounded corners are better than the one in the filter (for some reason).
- infostruct0
I've made a lot of maps, and the way I have always done what you are referring to is to make one 90 and one 45. Then, using the smart guides (ctr+u) snap them in place. This makes them all consistant. Illy has no way of just knowing to curve the lines all perfect like that, so you have to do it using geometrics.
Be sure to join the strights to the curves as you go.
It doesn't take too long, just get you copy/paste fingers ready.
- infostruct0
The 45 degree curves on that map are segments of a circle. Unless I am missing something. 1/8 of a circle curves 45 degrees, right?
- infostruct0
And while I am at it, let me point out how jealous I am of your travels. Looks like a pretty amazing journey.
Brooke told me all about you and your trips, sounds great. One day I will make it to Sydney.
- timg0
i've done this several times before: draw it all as fat stroked lines (w/ round corners checked) and constrained to 45° (no curves).
when you're done go back in and use the "round corners" filter on the points you want round.
sounds complicated but not really.
- timg0
- kezza_20
cheers, info worked a treat...