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September 8, 2021
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Stroke Profiles Flipping When Flipping Object.

  • September 8, 2021
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How do you stop stroke profiles from flipping the wrong direction when you flip the full object, without expanding them? 

I've taken a bit of a screen record which I can't post here - you can view it on my Twitter:  https://twitter.com/RebeccaMills/status/1435476441261477891?s=20 

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Correct answer tromboniator

What you are seeing is the expected behavior. You are reversing the path direction, so if the profile puts the whole stroke to the left side in the original path, it will stay on the left in the flipped path. The left is outside of the curve in the original but flips to the inside when reversed. You can reverse it in the Stroke panel or the Properties panel.

 

Peter

 

 

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Kurt Gold
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September 8, 2021

Respect, Peter.

 

Explanations with all main cardinal points are certainly remarkable feats.

 

tromboniator
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September 9, 2021

Thank you, Kurt.

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tromboniatorCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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September 8, 2021

What you are seeing is the expected behavior. You are reversing the path direction, so if the profile puts the whole stroke to the left side in the original path, it will stay on the left in the flipped path. The left is outside of the curve in the original but flips to the inside when reversed. You can reverse it in the Stroke panel or the Properties panel.

 

Peter

 

 

Ton Frederiks
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September 8, 2021

Peter is right. Try Object > Path > Reverse Path Direction to see the same happening.