AD - Stroke Pane

[pjglad]

I am trying to better understand the Stroke Pane (i.e., cap, join, align). I tried Help and Tutorials but could not find any info. Any suggestions would be appreciate. Thanks.

[toltec]

Cap decides what happens at the ends

Join, what the corners do

Align, if the stroke is inside, outside or both sides of the path

Draw behind path places half the stroke behind the fill, or totally behind when the stroke is aligned inside the path. No difference when the path is aligned outside. Obviously

Scale with object decides if the stroke thickness scales when the object scales. See last pic when it doesn't.

 

In the little number entry box below "Mitre" you can set the mitre join to have a different mitre. Results will depend on the shape. See image 2. 

 

If you create a dashed line, the Caps will apply to each individual "dash".

When you create a dashed line, you get dialogue entry boxes at the bottom of the Stroke panel to set the individual dash lengths, etc.

 

 

 

 

 

[Lynn]

Thank you, toltec, for your clear explanation. I have saved it for future reference.

[R C-R]

Just in case you were wondering about what the miter (mitre on the other side of the big pond) field on the Stroke panel does or why it defaults to 1.414 (the square root of 2), this SVG attribute page may help with that.

[pjglad]

Thanks Toltec.