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Remove overlapping center of two shapes

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Dec 17, 2020 Dec 17, 2020

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Hello, how do I remove the center overlapping areas of these two circles? Thank you!

 

 

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Community Expert , Dec 17, 2020 Dec 17, 2020

One method is selecting them both and hold down the Alt key while dragging over that aria with the Shapebuilder tool (Shift M).

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Community Expert , Dec 17, 2020 Dec 17, 2020
  • select both circles first
  • activate Shape Builder Tool
  • [Alt] + LMB click on the overlapping area

 

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or

  • select both circles
  • and use the 4th icon in Pathfinder Panel

(but this will create two grouped path items with a single color)

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Community Expert , Dec 17, 2020 Dec 17, 2020

Or select them both, click Divide in the Pathfinder panel and use the Direct Selection tool (A) to select and delete the overlapping object.

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One method is selecting them both and hold down the Alt key while dragging over that aria with the Shapebuilder tool (Shift M).

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  • select both circles first
  • activate Shape Builder Tool
  • [Alt] + LMB click on the overlapping area

 

shapebuilder_remove_overlapping_area.png

 

or

  • select both circles
  • and use the 4th icon in Pathfinder Panel

(but this will create two grouped path items with a single color)

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Or select them both, click Divide in the Pathfinder panel and use the Direct Selection tool (A) to select and delete the overlapping object.

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