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Chris  P.  Bacon
Inspiring
December 11, 2022
Question

How do I create a gap between these 2 objects?

  • December 11, 2022
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Some easier way than adjusting the edges manually with the direct selection tool?

Both elements should shrink the same amount of space upwards and downwards, respectively.

When doing separations a gap is often needed, I wonder how do I do that?

 

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Participating Frequently
December 11, 2022

Hi Chris, I hope I understand it and you want to create a path like the selected one from the surrounding path with the special stroke. You can copy the path an place the copy at the same position like the original. Then use Object --> Path --> Offset Path. Use a value with minus and then the second path should be smaller.

Chris  P.  Bacon
Inspiring
December 11, 2022

I see. I did that with transform, but that's not what I mean.

I made a GIF:

I want to create such a gap between the 2 divided frames, but without moving them upwards and downwards.

CarlosCanto
Community Expert
Community Expert
December 11, 2022

one option would be

- draw a rectangle that would represent the size of the gap

- with the rectangle still selected go to Object->Path->Divide Objects Below

- remove the gap shapes