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Trouble with creating interlocking rings (olympic style)

Jan 2, 2013 11:12 AM

Tags: #illustrator #problem #cs5 #help #error #adobe #mac #rings #pathfinder #interlocking

I'm trying to make interlocking rings (olympic style), but every single time I go to the pathfinder and click "divide", so that I filll in the overlapping areas of the rings with different colors, it ttells me "the filter produced no results, please select one or more filled paths" even though I already selected the three overlapping rings. Im in adobe CS5.

Please help!

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1. [scott w],

Jan 2, 2013 11:16 AM in reply to StatickClothing12

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Pathfinder can have issues with compound shapes. Try the Shape Builder tool and Option/Alt click the section you want to delete for a ring.

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2. StatickClothing12,

Jan 2, 2013 11:22 AM in reply to [scott w]

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I'm sorry I am relatively new to illustrator and I have never used the shape builder tool. How would I use this tool to create an interlocking ring effect?

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3. [scott w],

Jan 2, 2013 11:28 AM in reply to StatickClothing12

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Select the art and then grab the Shape Builder tool...

Then clikc-drag across sections you want to unify...

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