Easiest way to get rid of overlapped shapes converted from Pattern?

[Convultus]

Hi,

I was trying to create a custom shape with a pattern fill of dots/circles, what I wanted to do was the "circle", would make up the shape, with no circles overlapping the original path.

Picture:

Is there an easier way of doing it aside from expanding the appearance of the original shape (Expand, Ungroup, Release Mask, then manually delete the unneeded circles)? I am using the original path as a guide when tidying them up.

Thank you all.

[Monika Gause]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwOMpdO_5Mk

In order to get circles, you need to apply Effect > Convert to shape > Ellipse

[Convultus]

Thanks but it's not what I'm looking for, I'm trying to create a shape that is composed of uniformed circles/dots.

[Monika Gause]

Well, yes. Just don't use a gradient in the shape. Also, when applying the Ellipse effect, you can enter an absolute size to make them all uniform.

[Convultus]

I've already done it but was just looking for an easier way to do it. I'll try again with the method you linked to see if it accomplishes the same thing.

[Monika Gause · Accepted solution]

An easier method?

Buy the plugin Phantasm. Plugins can do this easily, but have a cost. 

Or try this: https://www.vektorgarten.de/pf-schneiden.html 

[Convultus]

Yes, there it is. I've looked into the link you provided and they explained it there. Thanks!

[Ton Frederiks]

Did you try the script? Looks like it does exactly what you want; get rid of the partial dots.

[Convultus]

Yes I did try the script, but I think I did it incorrectly because it doesn't do what I wanted it to do. I'll try it again.

[Ton Frederiks]

Could be a default setting in the script. It has area selected and that did not work for me, you need to select Smaller and Size

[Ton Frederiks]

You could use a script by John Wundes.

Fill your area with the dot pattern.

Object > Expand > Fill

Pathfinder > Trim

Ungroup

Select a dot

Use the script SelectPathsBySize.jsx

Select the paths that are smaller in size and delete them.

Script:

https://github.com/johnwun/js4ai/blob/master/SelectPathsBySize.jsx