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boomwater
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March 5, 2017
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uniting a selection of paths

  • March 5, 2017
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Ok, I have a selection of paths in a illustration I am uniting to make a cutter guide for die.   Select all the paths and go to pathfinder and unite which works fine but the strange thing is when you click on the single united path and delete it has anything up to four layers of paths on top of each other so have to delete all these until the bottom one is reached. Trying to find why but no joy as yet! The reason the path was being checked was because we ran the cutter guide layer through the printer but the printer was/is cutting around the graphic repeatedly to the point where it cuts through the backing! This, we are presuming, is because there were these multi layered paths?

Any one have this happening and perhaps a solution?

Sincerely

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    Sebastian Bleak
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    Sebastian BleakCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    March 6, 2017

    You might have other objects in the stack. If you select them all, you should be able to weld them together using Pathfinder or Shape Builder. Before sending to your plotter, go into the View menu and go into "Outline Mode". That will show you all your paths and save your blades.

    Ton Frederiks
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    Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
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    March 5, 2017

    I cannot guess why you've got multiple paths on top of each other, but this is what you could try.

    Select all those layered paths.

    Choose: Object > Live Paint > Make

    Choose: Object > Live Paint > Expand

    The result can be a single path, which is probably what you want.

    If it's a group use Pathfinder Unite.

      jane-e
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      jane-eCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      March 5, 2017

      Is it just this one illustration?

      Open the Layers panel and see what you find there.

      I saw this once many years ago. A client sent a file with a pentagram that she was having trouble with. There was a pentagram at the very bottom, but on top of each of the five sides were 5 or 6 disconnected strokes that I deleted and then sent the one pentagram back to her. She said it came from a CAD program.

      Monika Gause
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      Monika GauseCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      March 5, 2017

      Please show something.

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