[How to have a transparent stroke ?]

On 8/28/2018 at 8:46 AM, Dazzler said:

If the above answer is not what you meant (I think you might mean something slightly different, because making the stroke transparent will reveal the shape behind again), then there is another way involving subtracting shapes.

First make sure the shape with the stroke is converted to outlines. Then under the Layer menu, select 'expand stroke'. This will make the stroke into an object of it's own. You can then duplicate this outline object and use the subtract tool to subtract it from any shapes that it overlaps - I say duplicate because you'll also need to subtract it from it's original fill shape to maintain the 'outline' thickness. That will give you a completely transparent space that was the thickness of the original stroke. You'll need to duplicate the outline shape for each shape that you need to subtract it from, as the subtract method removes the shape that is being subtracted. 

 

This is exactly what I was looking for! Trying to describe this was tricky, but you totally nailed the answer for me. Thank you!

[Cannot change text units to pixels.]

Thank you so much, Walt!

[Cannot change text units to pixels.]

I'm coming from Designer v1.0 and cannot get the software to change the units of measure for the documents to pixels for text. It seems that text is stuck in points. Is there any way to fix this problem. I noticed this was an early problem for version 1 that was addressed relatively quickly.