6 Replies Latest reply: Oct 22, 2014 12:59 PM by Steve Fairbairn RSS

    Cut an object with the knife without adding new segment?

    M_Moyle Community Member

      If I use the knife to cut across a closed object, it creates two closed objects. What I would LIKE is to cut the object and have two open objects touching at the points of the cut. E.g., if I cut a square in half, I want two brackets touching at their ends. Obviously, I can go in and delete the added extraneous segments, but it adds extra steps. Thus far, I have not found any way to turn that off, or to toggle it, or anything. I DID do a search in the Adobe support help files and couldn't find anything -- which probably means that every article that mentions the knife has that exact info in billposter type right at the top of the article ; it's the way these things usually run with me...! <ruefulGrin>

       

      Am I missing something simple?

       

      (For the sake of completeness, I'm using Illustrator CC 2014.0.0 on OS X Mavericks.)