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Same stroke setting but the stroke width display different between the two shape

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December 20, 2020
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This happened to me after I use a Pathfinder tool: Divide. The stroke setting of both 2 paths (the inner circle) was: "1 pt", "align stroke to center".

My solution to this problem is:

Change the stroke setting of the selected path (blue line) to "align stroke to outside" > Extend appearance > Ungroup > Select outline path and delete > Select the other path after "extend appearance" > Change the stroke setting to: "1 pt", "align stroke to center".

This worked! They have had the same stroke display on the screen. However, I want to understand what could be the reason for the different display after using "Divide" (Pathfinder).

Thank you.

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Correct answer Mike_Gondek10189183

Sounds like you have an appearance attribute that is fouling this up. Could be at the group or path level. Would be best to have a copy of the file.

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appearance flyout >> clear appearance

recolor everything

Mike_Gondek10189183

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Sounds like you have an appearance attribute that is fouling this up. Could be at the group or path level. Would be best to have a copy of the file.

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appearance flyout >> clear appearance

recolor everything

Participant

Yes, you right. I checked out the Appearance panel and see the difference between these two paths.

So I change from this:

To this:

And it solves the problem.

Thank you a lot!

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Impossible to tell without seeing the file (before pathfinder)

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Thank you for your suggestion. I will provide more steps in the pictures below.

1. Create two circulated compound paths with "Ellipse" and "Line".

2. Extend the lines and make them to a shape with "Pen tool".

3. Divide (Pathfinder tool) with two selected paths: The inner circle compound path and the extended-from-line path.

----Divide>--->

-----Ungroup and recolor---->

I will zoom in to see the difference:

And the stroke setting is:

But when I change the stroke setting: ("Align stroke to center" --> "Align stroke to outside")

Now they can look the same:

But this setting does not create a desirable outcome that I want to achieve.

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Overall, the stroke in the blue path cannot be seen on the inside.