Intersecting outlines

[migueld83371718]

Hello! I have not used an illustrator for three years and I am having a problem with the pathfinder. I have these strokes:

As I remember, when I used the command pathfinder/divide, all the paths where grouped into one, creating points of intersection between all the strokes. The problem is that this is the result I am getting when dividing:

As you can see, it is eliminating parts of the stroke. How can I manage to create points of intersection in a single stroke without deleting parts of the stroke?

[meganchi · Accepted solution]

Try using the shape builder tool.

How to Use the Shape Builder Tool in Adobe Illustrator | Webucator

[Jacob Bugge]

Miguel,

There are three levels of Pathfinder>Divide (non)usability:

1) If all paths were closed, Pathfinder>Divide would give you what you expected.

2) If all non closed paths bent back to reach (one of) the closed path(s) as a loop, as the top left and bottom left outside the (closed) circle, you would still have all the outlying (divided parts of the) paths, only without the stroke which could be reapplied.

3) Outlying parts of non closed paths just jutting out of the closed path(s) will inevitably be lost.

You can use Pathfinder>Divide for case 1), but already for case 2) it is better to do as Megan said.

[migueld83371718]

That was my solution. I don't know the translation for the command. Anyway, thanks for the valuable info Jacob

[Jacob Bugge]

For my part you are welcome, Miguel.

For other cases, you may enjoy this exquisite multilingual page kindly made available by Monika:

http://vektorgarten.de/illustrator-polyglott.html

I can see in the other thread that you used Live Paint Group, as seen by a search in the Polyglott for Pintura interactiva. Or Pathfinder>Outline, which preserves all parts, but requires reapplication of Stroke.