paths adobe illustrator 1

[loox]

how do you join a path to the middle of another path?

 

[artguy]

perhaps you could be more specific. closed path? open path? combining shapes? any other info that may be helpful would be great.

 

[loox]

hi thanks for being there

if two paths are at right angles to each other

you need to join one of them to the middle of the other

what should you do?

the Illustrator pop-up keeps saying something like paths have to closed or something like that I cant remember...

 

[dimoj]

It's hard to tell what you are trying to do with the amount of info you have supplied but you could try this:

Select each path and Object>Expand them one at a time. Then choose both paths and select Add to Shape Area from the pathfinder menu.

 

[loox]

dimoj's attempt was interesting, I've never used the expand command before, but it was not the right one,

I know this is simple but I'm just not conveying it right.

I have two simple paths like a "T" intersecting at 90 degrees to eachother

when I try the Object>Path>Join command I get a failure notice saying
"STOP, to join you must select two open end points etc etc"

and I want to join one in the middle of the other, like a "T" intersection

hope you can help, I know this must be simple.......

 

[artguy]

dimoj's "attempt" is really the only way to accomplish that.

If joining them the way you are trying, you would, theoretically, end up with a path with 3 end points which doesn't happen in Illustrator.

dimoj suggests you make sure your paths are the desired thickness and use the "Expand..." command (which in Illustrator 10 is just under the Object menu). Not sure of previous versions, but after selecting expand in AI10, make sure the stroke checkbox is selected.

What you end up with is to really skinny boxes that still look like the original path. You then use the Pathfinder tools to Merge them together so you know have what you were looking for.

The only other way to accomplish it would be to split the one path in half where you want the intersecting path to "join," dupe that path and, in essence make 2 upside down L's by joining the perpendicular paths together. (Boy, this hard to describe) Then just overlap the 2 paths and, Viola!, it looks like you have a three-end path with the ability to change stroke width, etc.

All I have to say is "good luck"

bob

 

[artguy]

OR.....

Select the endpoint of the top path(that we will refer to as the cross bar of the "T&quot and the top endpoint and THEN join the 2 paths. Basically, it will be a single path with the line crossing over itself once. Understand any of that?

bob