Eraser distorting the shape instead of erasing

[Kim0230]

Hi,

I created a rectangle in illustrator and I am trying to use the eraser to erase parts of it. The eraser seems to be distorting the lines instead of erasing. Can someone explain why?

Thanks,

Sim

[JETalmage · Accepted solution]

You have a very thick stroke applied to the path, and that is confusing you as to what is actually going on. Set the stroke weight to a small value (ex.; .25 pt) so you can see what's actually happening when you use the Eraser tool.

JET

[Kim0230]

thanks got it.

[Kurt Gold]

Apart from your initial issue, be careful when erasing stroked paths with the Eraser tool, particularly with regard to open stroked paths. They indeed still tend to get distorted by the Eraser tool.

In the past, some users in this forum tried to adamantly defend that behaviour as "deliberately designed" by some software engineers. I still do not believe in that claim.

[Kim0230]

thank you