sgillespie
10-23-2007, 03:13 PM
Hi,
I'm trying to make closely spaced parallel wavy lines. So...I'm a noob...I'm just missing something obvious, I'm sure. There must be some algorithm in Illustrator for doing this, it seems like such a simple obvious thing to want/need to be able to draw. Here's what I've tried:
If I draw a set of waves with the pen tool, duplicate it and place it nearby, it's not perfectly parallel (one side of the duplicate would have to be a tad stretched, one side a tad compressed in order to look perfectly parallel). This is also true if using the Blend tool to create a series of waves...you can tell with your eye it's not really parallel.
If I create a pair of parallel lines and make an art brush out of it, then apply brush to wavy lines, voila! 2 parallel wavy lines. Perfect. BUT! if I try to expand this to 3 parallel lines, make an art brush of it and apply to wavy curve made with pen tool, no go. The middle curve is some sort of bizarre averaged thing. I assume I'd have the same problem if I expanded this to 4 or 5 or more lines.
Please explain!! :confused:
I'm trying to make closely spaced parallel wavy lines. So...I'm a noob...I'm just missing something obvious, I'm sure. There must be some algorithm in Illustrator for doing this, it seems like such a simple obvious thing to want/need to be able to draw. Here's what I've tried:
If I draw a set of waves with the pen tool, duplicate it and place it nearby, it's not perfectly parallel (one side of the duplicate would have to be a tad stretched, one side a tad compressed in order to look perfectly parallel). This is also true if using the Blend tool to create a series of waves...you can tell with your eye it's not really parallel.
If I create a pair of parallel lines and make an art brush out of it, then apply brush to wavy lines, voila! 2 parallel wavy lines. Perfect. BUT! if I try to expand this to 3 parallel lines, make an art brush of it and apply to wavy curve made with pen tool, no go. The middle curve is some sort of bizarre averaged thing. I assume I'd have the same problem if I expanded this to 4 or 5 or more lines.
Please explain!! :confused: