bushu919

I understand how to connect two pencil lines on their ends, but is it possible to connect the end of one to the middle of another? I am a newb working with AD to make files for laser cutting wood veneer. While using the pencil to trace a photo, I wish to connect the lines so as to 1) make shapes that I can fill and/or copy and 2) make sure the line does not end before/after the other one (and will then laser cut correctly). Thank you for your suggestions.

Thank you MEB. For whatever reason, overlapping the ends does not close the loop for me, nor did the Close Curve button. Your suggestion of adding a line prompted me to draw a line (actually a closed rectangle/trapezoid) which connected the two ends and, when both were selected, enabled the Add button. This worked.

In Illustrator I have live traced/expanded a person's signature and imported it in AD. While cleaning it up, I am unable to join where the line has not connected (imagine the top of a cursive letter L). How can I "merge" two ends of the same object? I will use the vector file to laser cut a piece of wood so I need to work on one layer. I'm a newb to all of this, so thanks for walking me through it!