Expand stroke bug (dotted lines)

[NotMyFault]

Hi,

I tried to create a line of 10 dots of 60px diameter in a row.

so use pen tool, create 2 nodes 600px apart, set stroke to dotted.

the play with parameters like balanced, gap, phase etc.

 

Whenever you try to expand stroke you get wired artifacts:

• only 1/2 circles
• first circle fragmented into multiple pieces, not adding to full circle
• you need to increase line width by 0.1 to get circles centered, or play with phase, to avoid misplaced circles by 1/2 width.
• the bounding box get wiredly distorted

 

 

expand stroke wiredness.afdesign

[loukash]

You can use the same workaround as with the other Expand Stroke problems in v2.5.x and 2.6 beta:

1. temporarily switch stroke to Solid Line Style
2. reset Pressure and add a 3rd pressure node somewhere on top
3. switch back to Dash Line Style
4. expand stroke

Works for me with your example file using 2.6 beta on Mac (I've skipped v2.5.x completely exactly because of these bugs!)

[NotMyFault]

2 hours ago, loukash said:

You can use the same workaround as with the other Expand Stroke problems in v2.5.x and 2.6 beta:

1. temporarily switch stroke to Solid Line Style
2. reset Pressure and add a 3rd pressure node somewhere on top
3. switch back to Dash Line Style
4. expand stroke

Works for me with your example file using 2.6 beta on Mac (I've skipped v2.5.x completely exactly because of these bugs!)

Good to know.

Still the resulting curves are -0.7 degree rotated (bounding box)

[chuckymendoza]

Quite fatal because the error isn't shown directly on the Desktop Version of AD (2.64), only when you create a PDF.
The workaround is a solution, but, well ...

[Gotchi]

do you by any chance have anything grouped/nested?

[chuckymendoza]

No, it’s just a simple line. No groups, nesting or anything.

I attached the file.

Thanks

Line error.afdesign

[Old Bruce]

In this particular case if you first change to a solid line then use the Pressure curve to add a node and switch back to dashed all should work. Drag the node after you add it to the top so as to not inadvertently change the width by a tiny amount. The added node does not need to be in the centre, just somewhere.

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I am curious as to why you have a second space added to your dashed line.

[chuckymendoza]

Thanks @Old Bruce,

your workaround works perfect!
The second space was just a mistake of mine, because earlier I experimented with different lengths of the dots.