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How to adjust path stroke weight?

Jul 21, 2012 11:58 PM

Tags: #stroke #weight

I'm unable to adjust the weight of a path. Here's a 40 sec video (no audio, 1920x1080) that demonstrates I know how to adjust the stroke weight on a path, followed by a demo of it not working when I try to adjust it:

http://stephenbuck.org/adobe/il-point-width/point-width.html

 

Here's what I do in the video:

First, on a path that allows the change:

  • Select an elipse.
  • Increase the stroke weight of the elipse.
  • Control-Z to undo.
  • Decrease the stroke weight of the elipse.
  • The above demonstrates I know how to adjust the path weight (at least I think it does).

Next, on the path that doesn't allow the stroke width to be reduced:

  • Select path.
  • Increase stroke weight to demonstrate it increases.
  • Control-Z to undo.
  • Decrease the stroke weight to .25 to demonstrate it does not reduce in size.

 

And that's the problem.

 

What do I need to do to decrease the weight of the path I am trying to adjust?

 

Thanks,

Buck

730 Views   9 Replies   Latest reply: Jacob Bugge, Jul 22, 2012 3:40 AM
 
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  • teruakiokada
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    1. teruakiokada,
    Jul 22, 2012 12:41 AM   in reply to Stephen Buck
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    Input the number you want by ten-keys, is this wrong??

     

    http://goo.gl/FA0Bs

     
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    2. Stephen Buck,
    Jul 22, 2012 12:50 AM   in reply to teruakiokada
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    Isn't that what I did in the video?

     
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  • Jacob Bugge
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    3. Jacob Bugge,
    Jul 22, 2012 1:02 AM   in reply to Stephen Buck
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    Buck,

     

    The usual suspects in cases of a certain similarity are:

     

    1) Align to Pixel Grid, which seems to be ruled out by the X and Y values,

    2) Regional & Language setting of decimal point, which seems rules out by the ellipse case,

    3) Corrupt preferences, you may try to reversibly  Move the folder,

    4) Interference from other applications, see list in Item 7 in Other options , with the addition of FontExplorer.

     
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  • teruakiokada
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    4. teruakiokada,
    Jul 22, 2012 1:05 AM   in reply to Stephen Buck
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    sorry I understand what you talking about.

     

    this is my guess.

     

    see the file attached.

     

    Screen shot 2012-07-22 at 17.02.25.png

     
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  • Stephen Buck
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    5. Stephen Buck,
    Jul 22, 2012 1:25 AM   in reply to teruakiokada
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    Hi  teruakiokada.

     

    Thank you for the suggestion. I tested that possibility prior to creating the video.  :-(

     
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  • Stephen Buck
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    6. Stephen Buck,
    Jul 22, 2012 1:26 AM   in reply to Jacob Bugge
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    Hi Jacob.

     

    Thanks. I deleted the original prefs file, opened Illustrator, and the problem seems to remain. The other resources you provided are helpful as well, but the problem still remains.

     

    Thanks

     
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  • Jacob Bugge
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    7. Jacob Bugge,
    Jul 22, 2012 3:19 AM   in reply to Stephen Buck
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    Buck,

     

    I had another look at the video, or rather a few looks, and it seems that you have something added to the basic width of the straight path, possibly an effect or something created in the Appearance palette/panel.

     

    The ellipse seems to have a basic appearance with a normal Stroke Weight of 2.148pt which you are changing to 10pt and then 0.25pt, and the appearance changes consistently.

     

    However, the straight path has a (basic) Stroke Weight of 0.5pt, much narrower than the apparent width. When you change that to 12pt, the apparent width increases, but only by a factor of  2 - 2.5 (12/0.5 = 24), and when you change to 0.25 the appearance is just about the same as for 0.5pt.

     
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  • Stephen Buck
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    8. Stephen Buck,
    Jul 22, 2012 3:36 AM   in reply to Jacob Bugge
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    Hi Jacob.

    Yes, thank you and I've figured out what has happened. The layers panel included a layer titled "Meridians" and a sublayer titled "<Path>". Each item has an effect applied through the appearance panel, and that is what was causing the problem. I had been meatballing only the <Path> item in the layer panel, which is behind the Meridians layer item. Decreasing <Path> was not noticable because the Meridians layer item was the 5 point weight in front of it... I changed each item to contrasting colors, increased the weight of <Path> to 20pt, and then it was apparent that the Meridian layer effect was the item that needed to be resized.

     

    Somewhere in this process I mistakenly applied the same effect to the Layer and the Path, and that's what caused my little dilemma.

     

    Thanks to you and everyone else who participated in researching this problem. It's solved.

     

    :-)

     

    Buck

     
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  • Jacob Bugge
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    9. Jacob Bugge,
    Jul 22, 2012 3:40 AM   in reply to Stephen Buck
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    For my part you are welcome, Buck.

     
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