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Anonymous
January 19, 2011
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Turn Compound Path Back Into A Path?

  • January 19, 2011
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Is there a way to do this? I recall finding a method a while back, but I have long forgtten it. If anyone knows I would appreciate the info.

Thanks.

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      Anonymous
      January 20, 2011

      I suspect we have a troll ...


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      Anonymous
      January 19, 2011

      Anyone?

      markerline
      markerline
      Inspiring
      January 19, 2011

      You're kidding, right?  Have you tried using the steps Mr. Bugge and I outlined above?  Look into your Layers palette to verify that your path is no longer a Compound Path after taking those steps.

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      Anonymous
      January 19, 2011

      d.cloud wrote:

      Maybe I'm not explaining it right.

      You aren't.

      If you have multiple paths, they are either one object seen as a compound path, or multiple objects seen as multiple paths.

      You can not have multiple objects seen as a single path.

      And I have no idea what "regular path" means.


      Ok....say I have an object which is a compound path, but now I want to turn it back into a path (regular path, whatever). Regardless of how many components are in the compound path I know there is a way to turn it back into a path - just one single path. I've done it before when I was taking an Illustrator class at LVSOnline, but I forgot how I did it. I thought someone here might know.

        Jacob Bugge
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        Jacob BuggeCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        January 19, 2011

        And the options are in Object>Compound Path.

        markerline and I presume you mean The Original Paths rather then A Path.

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          Anonymous
          January 19, 2011

          I know there's  way to turn a compound path back into a regular path. If anyone knows please let me know. Thanks.

          victormaxim
          victormaxim
          Participant
          October 27, 2014

          Hi dcloud! Really messy situation here! I'll comment on that in the latter text. I had the same question as you and the same situation. The answer is not what YOU did to make the compound shape a path again, but how AI interpreted it. The thing is, AI can convert/interpret a compound path back to a path AS LONG as that shape does not have holes in it. E.g.: let's take 6 and G. Now, G, you can make from several shapes let's say, merge, trim, whatever and it will be (converted to / seen as) regular path, because it doesn't have holes. Whereas 6, has a hole in it and will never become a path. Probably, what got us to the conclusion that you can turn a compound path to a path is that we only happened to merge and cut shapes without holes and that's how the memory remained. other examples (because I'm too lazy to draw a picture): paths: W E T Y U X vs compound paths: O P A D.

          It really bugged me also that people didn't understand the issue, but this only prooves that it doesn't matter how many tech issues you solved or who you are, a carefull look at a problem, and a kind attitude towards another is the key. to a good community. Cheers!

            markerline
            markerline
            Inspiring
            January 19, 2011

            There are 2 options for compound path:  Make or Release.

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