I am working on a jigsaw puzzle illustration using ILlustrator CS3. I started by creating a line with a loop in the middle with the pen tool. Then I applied Stylize-round corners and then Effect-Warp-arch. I then alt-dragged the line with the loop to make a copy and put that at the end of the first line. I wanted to use the reflect tool to turn the loop facing the other way, in the second line but nothing happens when I drag with the reflect tool.
If I expand the first line with the loop after applying the two effects this puts the path into a group and then when I alt drag, etc as above I can make the reflect tool work and turn around the loop in the second line..
After expanding, the path after applying the effects, a group with the path in it is created.
However, when I try to join the two lines together, I get an error message saying I can't join points from separate groups. If I ungroup the two lines, then I can join them.
However, this seems like an extra step. Does expanding the effect always create a group or is it something I'm doing wrong. I'm really new with Illustrator and would appreciate any help.
Thanks in advance.
John Rich
I hink you have it straight as it is and there is nothing short of making an action or writing a script to eliminate the extra steps.