I've struggled with this one and hope somebody has an answer.
I need to create a pen style with multiple parallel, concentric strokes, so I draw a line, copy it and paste in place, changing each pasted instance to a different weight and color....works fine, so long as all the lines are exactly centered over the original stroke. But if I want to have one of the lines OFF-center, but still parallel, I can't do it. If I move the selected line using the transform palette, it moves off center, but when I draw a curve, then apply the style to it, the off-center line shifts from side to side when the line curves, instead of staying parallel.
The style I want, in more detail, is this:
A grey stroke with a black outline on each side, and inside, a dashed line that's always closer to the same outline, no matter how it curves...doesn't switch back and forth from one side to the other...
A simpler version of the same principle would be two parallel lines, one black and one grey, right next to each other, so that if you made a shape clockwise, the grey would always be on the outside; counter-clockwise, and it'd always be on the inside...hope that's clear.
Appreciate any suggestions!
dc
I need to create a pen style with multiple parallel, concentric strokes, so I draw a line, copy it and paste in place, changing each pasted instance to a different weight and color....works fine, so long as all the lines are exactly centered over the original stroke. But if I want to have one of the lines OFF-center, but still parallel, I can't do it. If I move the selected line using the transform palette, it moves off center, but when I draw a curve, then apply the style to it, the off-center line shifts from side to side when the line curves, instead of staying parallel.
The style I want, in more detail, is this:
A grey stroke with a black outline on each side, and inside, a dashed line that's always closer to the same outline, no matter how it curves...doesn't switch back and forth from one side to the other...
A simpler version of the same principle would be two parallel lines, one black and one grey, right next to each other, so that if you made a shape clockwise, the grey would always be on the outside; counter-clockwise, and it'd always be on the inside...hope that's clear.
Appreciate any suggestions!
dc