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How can i make a cog?

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mikon

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May 2, 2007
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I am looking for a simple way to make a cog, but it has to have a see thru (cut out) in the center, basically i tried using the star, and setting the radius to bout 1.85 inches, amd set it to 100 pts, which works pretty well cept that its a solid the outside edge looks good, i just need a way to hollow out the center some. any suggestions?
 
...have you looked into the pathfinder palette?

Andrew
 
Yeah looked into it, and sure thats how you go about it, trouble is I am having issues getting the result. I mean i could do it with a stroke and the circle tool, but I can't apply a gradient the way i want, i just want a circle gradient with a hollow center so u can see stuff behind it :(, more trouble then i thought it would be.
 
...have you looked into opacity masks?

Andrew
 
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