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So I'm trying to recreate this rectangle from Ikea:

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I found this article on how to calculate dashes: https://www.designernews.co/stories/47034-how-can-we-calculate-a-perfect-dashed-border-in-sketch

But I still can't get it quite right:

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My rect is 242 X 162 with a 16px radius. Is this possible or do I just need to create it myself through custom vectors?

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  • @BillyKerr Ah shoot, sorry about that. Didn't realize it was a 'lightbox' overlay instead of a separate page. Edited the link! – aalok89 Jun 7 '20 at 17:43
  • I've turned these into actual images in the question, just in case the links rot over time. – Billy Kerr Jun 7 '20 at 18:09
  • are you using illustrator of figma? you tagged both in the question – Luciano Jun 8 '20 at 7:40
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I would do this manually. The example below was made in Illustrator, but should be possible in any vector image editor.

  1. Create a rounded rectangle, and copy it using Ctrl+C

  2. Add some anchors using guides to help, then select and deleted the gap segments

  3. Finally paste the copy back in place and reduce its opacity.

Example

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  • Yeah, that's what I figured. Was just wondering if there was an easy way to do this with the dashes, since I have to do several of these with different dimensions and shapes. Thanks! – aalok89 Jun 7 '20 at 18:39
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    @aalok89 In Illustrator, if you apply a dash to a stroke, the problem is that if you then round the corners, it changes the perimeter size and messes up the position of the dashes. You could instead Expand the Appearance of a non-round cornered rectangle, and then round the corners using the round corner widgets. – Billy Kerr Jun 8 '20 at 9:00

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