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karenf1
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January 20, 2016
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Can you create a line that has a round cap on one end and a butt cap on the other? CS6 BTW.

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Can you create a line that has a round cap on one end and a butt cap (sounds so naughty!!!!) on the other? CS6 BTW. If not -- is there a script that does this? Many thanks!

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    Dannes
    Participant
    October 21, 2019

    Hi, i was searching for this. Dear Adobe, please make a function where you can choose to only cap one end rounded. 

    The cutting and grouping trick falls completely flat when you have custom strok profiles, for instance.

    Monika Gause
    Community Expert
    Monika GauseCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 21, 2019

    Please post Feature requests to http://illustrator.uservoice.com. No engineer will see them in here.

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    d0nut247
    Inspiring
    January 21, 2016

    can you just add a little extra line and overlap it, so you have for example a 20mm line with butt ends, then you have a 10mm line aligned to one end with the round cap, which will only be visible at the end it hangs over.  same would work for any shape just copy and "Paste in Front' a little segment at the end of the line where you want the round endcap. this would allow you to go back and amend and adjust line and thickness as you want too.

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      d0nut247
      Inspiring
      January 21, 2016

      a bit like this...>

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        karenf1Author
        Known Participant
        January 21, 2016

        dandiddotcom, Thanks for this FABULOUS movie! It's a great solution! Thanks so much!

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        W_J_T
        Inspiring
        January 21, 2016

        Another approach is using an 'art brush', depending on your desired outcome and usage that would offer a quick solution.

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          karenf1Author
          Known Participant
          January 21, 2016

          W_J_T -- Art brush solution: danged brilliant! At first when I saw the sharp "bend" in the first attempt at this solution, I thought, "oh well, one more problem that will make this solution NOT work - but then I was even able to give a Round Join to the rule portion of the brush & got that to work too! So the "bends are nice and soft. Brilliant! Thank you so much! This forum is amazing!

          Kris Hunt
          Kris Hunt
          Legend
          January 21, 2016

          > Art brush solution: danged brilliant!

          That is an excellent solution.

            Silkrooster
            Silkrooster
            Legend
            January 20, 2016

            Look at arrow heads. If you don't  see one, next is to use the width tool.

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              karenf1Author
              Known Participant
              January 21, 2016

              SkillRooster - I know how to use the width tool - but how to sure it for this purpose? Many thanks for your help!

              Monika Gause
              Community Expert
              Monika GauseCommunity Expert
              Community Expert
              January 21, 2016

              You can create your own arrowheads by editing the arrowheads.ai file:

              How to apply strokes in Illustrator

                Monika Gause
                Community Expert
                Monika GauseCommunity Expert
                Community Expert
                January 20, 2016

                Create arrowheads

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                  karenf1Author
                  Known Participant
                  January 21, 2016

                  Monika - I'm unsure what you mean - I see how to make the one end flat - but don't see how to make a round end on the other? Many thanks for your help!

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                  karenf1Author
                  Known Participant
                  January 21, 2016

                  Monica - I see what you mean. But using the little black ball / arrowhead I was unable to make the ball the correct / matching size of the stroke. I tried a few things mathematically - but didn't find a solution. The end / ball was always a tiny bit too small or too large. And I tried the "extend out & in" choices too. And the instructions on how to find & edit the arrowhead file - Hmmm - found that file for several other adobe programs - but it doesn't seem to exist on my system for AI? Bridge/PS/ a lot of others  but not ai. If you can help me understand - that would be great - but I can work with the Art Brush solution so - if you are busy, don't worry. Though I would love to understand this! Thank you so much for this help!

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