Why does compound path overlaps items with white?

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May 4, 2017
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Hey guys,

I am trying to make a compound path out of several objects, but when I click Compound Path > Make, the items that are overlapping become white.

There has been another issues like this on the forum but I have not managed to fix my problem based on those answers, because I have never worked with attributes before. Can you help me out pls?

I will post some pix with my shapes and the Attirbutes options I have selected.

Notice that after I apply Compound Path my shapes will overlap

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Correct answer rcraighead

Monika's solution is the best in this case.

To answer the original question, individual stroke direction can be changed within Compound paths to control how they interact with the rest of the Compound group. Us the Attributes Panel to control individual stroke directions.

rcraigheadCorrect answer

Legend

Monika's solution is the best in this case.

To answer the original question, individual stroke direction can be changed within Compound paths to control how they interact with the rest of the Compound group. Us the Attributes Panel to control individual stroke directions.

rcraighead

Legend

Use the Direct Selection tool or Layers Panel to select the individual strokes.

Off topic… will the "Actions" button ever be fixed in this forum??

Monika Gause

Community Expert

Why do you think you need compound paths?

Maybe the actual problem can be solved by other means.

R

radu alexandrud82109791Author

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I have melted all the shapes together with the Pathfinder > Unite option. I wanted a compound path in order to apply a gradient fill to all the shapes. But it worked with Pathfinder, now they are all merged into one object.

But still is there no way to unite items w/o overlaping? Just asking Ty