How to create a cross from 1 part?

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November 24, 2021
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Okay, probably my subject-title isn't very clear but I don't know how to put it (English is not my native language).

But I hope I can make clear with a sample what I mean.

I want to create like something on the left. I now did this with several lines. But when I enlarge the thickness of the lines I see that the 'corners' show 'gaps'. How can I create like something on the left from 1 piece, so if I enlarge the thickness it won't show those 'gaps'.

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Correct answer Doug A Roberts

Quickest way is probably to draw a rectangle, copy it, paste in place, rotate 90 degrees and then use Pathfinder > Unite:

Jacob Bugge

Community Expert

Appelmoes,

I agree with Doug.

If you have a model shape, you can rotate that from cross to plus and create the first rectangle over that.

Otherwise, when you have rotated the two rectangles you can compare it to what you have or just see what you think of the shape; then unrotate and edit and rotate again until it is right.

And then you can unite.

As Ton said, your paths are unaligned, so I believe joining will give a funny look at the (non) corners.

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AppelmoesAuthor

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Thanks everybody for your help (and looking at some names (Jacob, Ton) I bet I also could have asked this in Dutch, haha.

So I tried what Larry suggested but then I got this result:

probably because I haven't got my anchor points alligned. I tried to do that, but I don't have enough knowledge to get that right. I know a lot about Photoshop, but when it comes to Illustrator, my knowledge is about 0,01%.

So then I tried what Doug suggested and that did the trick. So thank you all for your help.