Aligning intersecting dash lines

[wuts23143389]

Hi all,

I have a graph that contains vertical and horizontal tick marks that are stroked as dash lines.

However how do you make sure that the dash lines are aligned nicely when intersected?

Any help would be appreciated!

[Ray Yorkshire · Accepted solution]

Maybe use the Rectangular  Grid Tool

Pathfiinder  > Outline

and use the Direct selection tool plus shift on the right anchor points to  get the less than full rectangle

[wuts23143389]

thank you that works!~

[Ton Frederiks]

Make sure that the horizontal lines start at the same X coordinate and the vertical ones at the same Y coordinate.

Make sure that the distance between the horizontal and vertical lines are a multiple of the dash gap.

Choose the Preserve exact dash and gap lenght option.

[wuts23143389]

thank you Ton. I used Ray's technique but yours work too!

[Monika Gause]

Maybe try this script?

s.h's page : Scripts for Adobe Illustrator CS

[wuts23143389]

Thank you!

[Cactus_Cowboy]

Thanks Monika, I remember downloading these scripts but after a period of not using any of them I'd forgotten what, when or how to use them so this page is exactly what I was missing. I've now bookmarked it for future reference.

I particularly like "merge overlapped anchors script". It comes in handy when using the simplify path function in Illustrator. So frustrating when you go to move or adjust an anchor only to find it laying on top of three hidden ones underneath. Slows things down—a lot.

[Monika Gause]

You're welcome!