I'm trying to contact 2 different colored lines together. I did this many years ago in illustrator 6

[kercheval]

I can't remember how to do it now in Illustrator 2020.

[ceyhun_akgun · Accepted solution]

I share 2 different ways and methods. You can use both.
However, if you applied a Compound Object, undo it.

[kercheval]

No

[ceyhun_akgun]

If you search the functions I have given names on Youtube, you can choose the right tool for your project.

The first two tools I just wrote are still valid. These tools
1- Shape Builder
2- Path Phinder
3- Live Paint (has a different usage: https://youtu.be/L1_lizUlWtI)

[kercheval]

Maybe I should have sent the entire photo. Hard to explain. The second line is white and gives the appearance of separate. In etching this give the design a more desired look... Separation might be the word to use. Dose this make any sense, I'll tried to send another, better picture...Linda

[kercheval]

I hated to upload the huge picture but I wanted you to see the white line that are connected to the black line. As I draw the individual sections for the different patterns, the white line continues. This white line give the pattern a special look, don't know how else to say it...Linda

[jhonnyh92162105]

Hi, I hope this helps.

[tromboniator]

Linda, I'm sorry, but I am not at all understanding what you want to achieve, and how your images show what you want or do not want.

Peter

[kercheval]

OK, I'm sorry to have bother you and thank you for what help you did give me...Linda

[ceyhun_akgun]

We are here for you. There is no situation to apologize. How can we help.

[kercheval]

I wish I could find a photo of a finished piece to show how the white line between the pattern and the black line makes the pattern stand out. It's basically white frame inside the black line.

[tromboniator]

Linda, I had no intention of chasing you away, my apologies to you!

Is this the sort of thing you meant, that you're getting 1 but you want 2?

In the Layers panel target

Then target the layer by clicking the circle to the right:

Then open the Appearance panel, and click Add New Stroke twice:

Make the lower stroke white, with the width you want:

Then make the upper stroke black, with a smaller width than the white stroke.

Now any stroke drawn in this layer will have the black-and-white appearance and will intersect without overlapping:

I hope I have interpreted your needs correctly.

Peter

[kercheval]

Thank you, that will do it, I just need to work with it for a while to get it just right…Again Thank you so much….

[kercheval]

Peter:

Now, can I work with other pieces without the double line...how can I keep them separate or can they, would I go to a new page...

Linda

[tromboniator]

Anything you draw in a layer with attributes applied to the layer, such as the two strokes, will have those attributes, so anything that you want not to have those attributes must be on a separate layer, either above or below.

Peter