using pathfinder>divide
Jan 31, 2012 9:03 AM
I following this tutorial here.http://www.vectordiary.com/illustrator/illustrator-tutorial-wooden-fra me/
At some point it says to use pathfinder>divide to break the shape into pieces so as to manipulate/paint them easier.
Well, i followed the tutorial either i am doing sth wrong either i did not understand well what the outcome of the above will be.
As I see it, dividing the shape(with all the rectangles and lines in it ) will give me more pieces-more precisely i assume that i should get
also the very thin rectangles that are formed between the inner one and the middle(there are 3 rectangles-all created using offset technique.)
The above does not happen-and maybe it cannot be done either way-not that i am doing something wrong. As i said
earlier maybe i did not understood quite well what the tutorial means by saying "breaking into pieces".
See the attached picture-it has an arrow that pinpoints what piece i would expect to break and it does not, the shape has 4 sides, with the arror i am just pinpointing
one of them. After the divide action i just get 3 rectangles and 4 lines(the ones in the corners of the shape).
VERY SORRY FOR THE LENGTH OF THE MESSAGE.
