Stroke Preferences

[christophers71105342]

In Illustrator there is a preference to use the center of a stroke. Where is that preference setting? Right now it set to whatever the line pt. is and a stroke shape size changes when the stroke thingness changes. I don't want that. I want Illustrator to use the center of the line rather than the stroke thickness. Does anyone know where the preference setting is?

[melissapiccone]

Its in the stroke panel...

[Anna Lander]

Stroke Panel

[christophers71105342]

Sorry, that's not it. Or not what I am looking for.

[Monika Gause]

christophers71105342  schrieb

Sorry, that's not it. Or not what I am looking for.

So what are you looking for? Your initial post is not clear.

[melissapiccone]

Are you talking about resizing the image and the stroke thickness changes?? You can se this in the preferences or use the scale tool - double click on the scale tool...

[Anna Lander]

well, then, please, be more specific in your question. It would be very useful if you share the screenshot with the artwork and the detailed description of the problem.

[Doug A Roberts]

then you might want to be more precise. is it this?

[John Mensinger · Accepted solution]

Preferences > General:

When Use Preview Bounds is ticked, an object's measurements include stroke girth.

When Use Preview Bounds is un-ticked, an object's measurements are based on the path only.

[christophers71105342]

John M. was correct with his response. Thank you and thanks to all that help figure this out.