Illustrator plotzz
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- oilpan
I have an old plotter that works great for making drawings. I can fill a shape with a pattern, convert the pattern to outlines (or strokes) BUT the outline of the original shape remains, and this will be plotted. I don't want the outline of the original shape, I want the pattern to create the shape. anybody know how to?
- monospaced0
Expand
- oilpan0
did object/expand, ungroup, pathfinder/divide. shape stroke remains part of the art (even if stroke = none before expand/divide)
- monospaced0
well, then the shape stroke should be invisible and non-functioning, so just delete it
- oilpan0
thanks monospaced... this is what i mean by stroke becomes part of art.. http://imgur.com/EAekSQT
- you used the pathfinder wrong, yhou still have to expand afterwardmonospaced
- islandbridge0
A way to delete all non stroke and none fill curves at once can be done by having having a empty path selecteed goto the top menu ...
Select > Same > Fill & Stroke and delete. Then you don't have to do all the cleaning up manually.
- fiver0
Mask the pattern inside of the outside shape? It looks like the "pattern" is being combined with the stroke of the original shape.
- detritus0
Object > Path > Outline stroke ?
- oilpan0
thanks ya'll, tried each of yr suggestions, but nuthin doin. i also tried making scribble, then put shape in front, then select all and ctrl+7 masking the scribble to the shape. the outline remains. i can see this in outline/preview) which is what the plotter will draw. gotta be a way.
- monospaced0
drill into the object being masked, expand and make a compound shape and unmask the whole thing.
then crop the object with the previous mask shape, and make sure it's expanded so that it doesn't just mask it again
- oilpan0
aha! made scribble, then put shape in front, select all, ctrl+7 (masked scribble to shape) then pathfinder/crop. worked. solved. you guys are gold.
