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Yin/Yang symbol, vertical line.

Jan 2, 2013 8:26 PM

Tags: #yin #yang #tao
I created a Yin/Yang symbol, but for some reason it has a vertical line through its center.  The line disapears sometimes after I move the symbol.It disapears in outline mode.  Why is it thre?  How do I get rid of it?
519 Views   5 Replies   Latest reply: Alesclandre, Jan 4, 2013 4:28 AM
 
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  • Silkrooster
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    1. Silkrooster,
    Jan 2, 2013 9:22 PM   in reply to sjbreier
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    A couple of things that I can think of that would cause it, are objects overlapping or are not quite touching,

     
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    Jan 2, 2013 9:24 PM   in reply to Silkrooster
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    It may be noticible if you applied a stroke to both objects, then it should be noticible in the outline mode.

     
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  • Mylenium
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    3. Mylenium,
    Jan 3, 2013 1:33 AM   in reply to sjbreier
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    That may have to do with how you created the shapes in teh first place. Could be some leftovers from a Pathfinder operation... Screenshots would help.

     

    Mylenium

     
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  • sjbreier
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    4. sjbreier,
    Jan 3, 2013 9:16 PM   in reply to Mylenium
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    The way I created the Tao: (1) circle/ellipse, (2) 2 more circles stacked vertical, center, (3) 2 smaller circles for the "eyes", (4) cut away the extraneous lines by selecting anchor points; I forgot exactly how I did this, but thus far the vertical line has not appeared, (5) Selecting anchor points again, and filling areas, until the colors look right; this involves some overlapping of colors, and is where the problem started.

     

     

    I have since filled a new Tao using Live Paint, and avoided those difficulties.  I'm still curious as to why the bisecting line is there, and why it disapears sometimes.

     

    Problem Tao:

     

    Problem Tao-01.jpg~S.J.

     
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  • Alesclandre
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    5. Alesclandre,
    Jan 4, 2013 4:28 AM   in reply to sjbreier
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    If you have a look at the strokes (ctrl Y), you may have one vertical stroke.

    Or, and it is often the case in illustrator, if you have cut a circle in two parts (top left black one and the bottom right white one), you should be sure to have the length and the x position of these 2 demi-circles as entire numbers (without comma).

    You can see the antialiasing by zooming in a pixel display mode (shift + ctrl + y).

     
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