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I'm currently working on a path that was once a pattern with multiple loose ends. I'm unable to pathfinder>unite it since it's a "lines only" shape.

Image of the path

Close up of the open mess

As you can see, it's a very complex path with many many anchor points, and trying to join/average them manually using the alt+ctrl+j command would take me hours. I was hoping to find a script online that could tell illustrator to join/average by distance, similar to what Blender has for its vertices, in the hopes to cleanup this paths a little bit.

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  • Bring it to blender cleanup bring back to illustrator? But yes the illustrator scripting layer would be incredibly slow for something like this.
    – joojaa
    Commented Sep 5, 2023 at 15:37
  • This answer I wrote is related. Perhaps you can tweak the script to fit your needs? But yeah, it would have weak performance in this case.
    – Wolff
    Commented Sep 5, 2023 at 15:57
  • Must it all remains strokes? Wondering... increase stroke weight. Expand, unite, add white stroke, expand, merge, delete white. But then you're left with shapes, not strokes.
    – Scott
    Commented Sep 5, 2023 at 16:24
  • You could also ask yourself if such a cleanup is even necessary? Perhaps the gaps aren't visible at the size you'll use the pattern.
    – Wolff
    Commented Sep 5, 2023 at 17:05
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    @Wolff I'm trying to make it as clean as possible, since this will be the guide for a laser cut.
    – Hizome
    Commented Sep 5, 2023 at 18:15

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