How to combine paths in Illustrator?

[Ferdinand_Tischbein]

Hello!

I created a lot of pathes to cartoon, and know it's lagging... Is there a solution to combine the pathes to one path, that it isn't lagging anymore?

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[Ton Frederiks]

You could try Object > Path > Simplify.

[Ferdinand_Tischbein]

That does'nt worked well

[Ton Frederiks]

And try Pathfinder Unite to combine multiple objects with the same fill color.

[Kurt Gold]

Is that something you created by using Live Trace (and then expanding the result)?

There are thousands, perhaps tens of thousands unnecessary anchor points. You will have to clean up that mess in order to prevent what you are calling "lagging".

Or better yet: Draw it properly with the Pen tool (for example).

[Ferdinand_Tischbein]

I already draw it with the pen tool... 😞

[Kurt Gold]

Well, sorry, based on your screenshot I don't believe that you draw that with the Pen tool.

Unless, of course, you are a very patient drawer that does not complain about the torments while taking this route intentionally.

[Ashutosh_Mishra]

Hi there,

Thanks for reaching out. I hope your issue is resolved by now. We'd appreciate if you can mark the appropriate response correct. If you used any other method, you may share it with us here. It'll help other users with similar concern.

If you still have issues, you may share the details. We'll be happy to help.

Regards,

Ashutosh