4 Replies Latest reply: Jan 24, 2012 11:08 AM by iBabs2 RSS

    Not having your symbol distort when used as a pattern brush

    iBabs2 Community Member

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      Good morning...

       

      I need to find a way to take a symbol and create a pattern brush from it, so I can place it onto a path, but I want to be able to vary the size of the symbols in different parts of the path. I tried the new Variable width tool, but like so many other features I have tried this with, the shape always distorts. I am using a circle here to demonstrates how squashed looking it got when I tried to use the variable width tool.

       

      Does anyone have a good technique for having a repeated objects like this, either through a blend or a brush be able to hold its height ratio, while trying to make some areas larger or smaller?

       

      thanks

      babs