When I use Object >Path>Offset path and get all the areas done at once how would I redo only one area. So I want to do 3 seams the same and then on the 4th seam I want a different measurement. Would I do all 4 seams the same amount then go in and delete one and then I would put in new measurement in that area that I deleted? How would I do this? First let me see if I understand the initial question above. When you say you want to do 3 seams, are you referring to the spacing of the contour from the original shape? So then the fourth seam would be consistently all over a different amount of spacing? Or do you mean the fourth seam would deviate from the initial shape like if you were doing a short sleeve and then instead of changing the size of the sleeve you want it the same size but as a long sleeve? The reason I ask is because it makes a difference in your approach. I suggested Object > Path > Offset Path because it can be a little simpler to understand. Your initial shape should be at a final version and the copies this Offset Path command makes are additional shapes. In addition to it being a little simpler to get results the first time around if you're not as familiar with live effects, you could take a new path and lengthen one side which then just affects that side. You still could do Effects > Path > Offset Path if you want to make concentric shapes. The benefit is that as a "live effect" you can alter the original shape and it updates the contours of the offset paths you've added. If you want to adjust just one of these path effects, you'll need to convert them to actual paths by going to Object > Expand Appearance which will make it so that it's no longer a live effect and then edit the shape you want. Now, to your next question about it being 1 inch--I was thinking you mean the .25" and the 1" were the spacing of the contours not the width of the stroke. If that's the case and you want to make it a live effect, do the following: Make your shape Open the Appearance Panel Click on Add New Stroke (at the bottom of the panel) Click on Add New Effect (at the bottom of the panel) > Path > Offset Path For each additional contour you want, repeat by clicking on Add New Stroke And click on Add New Effect > Path > Offset Path Because it is a live effect that is based on the original shape, the Offset amount is the distance from that original shape. So if you wanted one at .25", another at .25" from that 2nd one, and another at 1" from the 2nd, then the first offset amount would be .25", the 2nd would be .5", and the 3rd would be 1.5". In your Appearance Panel set the Offset by clicking on Offset Path for the path you want to adjust.
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