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Piter1288
Piter1288
Inspiring
March 20, 2023
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Stroke dashed

  • March 20, 2023
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Can anyone explain how the calculations for the "dashed" strokes work?

 

I have separated circles manually with 30 px rectangles but if I use 30 px as the gap this is the result I get:

 

 

I  played with the number but the closest I could get was 31 by putting 81 in the gap field

 

 

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Correct answer Met1

the dash settings don't determine the length of the line, drawing it does, uncheck proportional constrain and just type in 370...

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Jacob Bugge
Community Expert
Jacob BuggeCommunity Expert
Community Expert
March 20, 2023

Piter,

 

When you use Round Cap/Join with no (0) dash you need to add the Stroke Weight to the gap, in this case 50+30 = 80.

 

 

    Piter1288
    Piter1288Author
    Inspiring
    March 20, 2023

    Hi Jacob!

     

    I had played a bit with the numbers, but I couldn't get an even result. The total width of the shapes + spaces should be 370 and I get 368.99 as you can see below. I always use round numbers to avoid decimals but somehow they are always there!

     

     

    Jacob Bugge
    Community Expert
    Jacob BuggeCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    March 20, 2023

    Piter,

     

    It depends on the exact total length of the line that you dash.

     

    What happens if you set it to 320?

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