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Lonely Pixel
09-25-2006, 09:44 AM
Hey there.

I couldn't find a dedicated Illustrator part on the forums so decided to put this one in here.

My question is as follows;
I have created several fairly complex symbols in illustrator, mainly using strokes. I figured that I wouldn't have to worry about scale yet as I'm working with vectors - I thought. I used the default 1000*1000px workspace.

Later in my project I decided I wanted to print my symbols on 2x2 meters glass for this project I'm working on, but when I started scaling the symbols up - the strokes kept their original strenght, displacing my symbols. Is there any way I can 'lock' the size of a stroke to it's strenght, so I can just scale my symbols up and down without having their looks change?

I hope you guys know what I mean, it's hard for me to explain :P

Thanks in advance,
-LP
frog
09-25-2006, 02:48 PM
Open the preferences (control/command K) and check the box that says "scale strokes and effects".
3dj
09-25-2006, 03:41 PM
You can access this setting in the transform pallete as well ;-)
Lonely Pixel
09-25-2006, 04:16 PM
Yay that's just great!

Thanks a lot frog and 3dj.
:D
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