JOIN ANCHOR POINTS ILLUSTRATOR 2015 UPDATE

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JOIN ANCHOR POINTS ILLUSTRATOR 2015 UPDATE

Have an update or suggestion for this article? Watch the whole process in the video below If everything has gone to plan you now have a complete, joined path which you can fill, use as a symbol or pattern swatch. Check there are no other anchor points with blue squares rather than white squares (blue means they are selected and will cause the error.) This probably means that you have selected other anchor points rather than just the end points.

A common mistake will be an error message saying вЂњTo join you must select two endpointsвЂ¦'. Now hit Apple + SHIFT + ALT + J (Ctrl + Shift + Alt + J on Windows) to average and join the paths. Hold shift and select the end point on the mirrored shape. When selected you will see the end point appear as a small blue rectangle. Select (shortcut A) the end point of your shape. To do this select the Direct Selection Tool. There is a handy shortcut to join and average at the same time. Averaging means that two end points will be averaged before they are joined. So we need to join and average the paths together. These are not much use if we want to fill the shape, copy it or use it as a symbol. If the shape moves to the other side you have forgotten to hold ALT which will copy the shape creating a mirror. As you drag hold down SHIFT to constrain the rotation and ALT to copy the shape. To make the reflection click hold and drag to the upper left of your path. You should end up with something looking like this: We want the reflection to be on the line so click once on the blue line and the target will move. This is the point at which the reflection will occur. You will see a small blue target icon appear. Then select the reflect tool (shortcut O). Make sure that your path is selected (use the selection tool if not - shortcut V). Hover your mouse over the left ruler and then click and drag to place a ruler on the canvas. To get a ruler hit Apple + R (CTRL + R on Windows) and you will see ruler menus appear at the top and left of the screen.

Drawing the shapeДЇirst give yourself a ruler so you can see the middle of your shape or where the reflection will be. Once you understand how this works you will be able to use this technique to draw any symmetrical shape you want. In this example we are going to draw a heart shape. Last updated Saturday, Drawing symmetrical shapes in Illustrator Drawing symmetrical shapes in illustrator can be a little bit tricky but once mastered it is a technique you can use over and over again.Д®stimated reading time: 3 minutes Table of contents Drawing symmetrical shapes in Illustrator | George Ornbo

Join anchor points illustrator 2015