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For instance, I have a line with a stroke colored navy blue over a shape. How can I make the area covered by the navy blue line transparent, including that area on the shape below?

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  • @OrionGL This question decisively requires a screenshot and some explanation about the efforts done. – Paolo Gibellini Oct 2 '14 at 7:22
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Let me see if I understood your question right (using Illustrator CS 6):

  1. We start with this shape:

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  1. Select the dotted line and from the main menu select Object/Expand Appearance
  2. Select the dotted line again and select Object/Expand

Step 2 and 3 will make each dot of the line to become separate objects.

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  1. Select both the dotted line and the background and from the Pathfinder panel, chose Minus Front

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  1. This will be the result

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  • It doesn't matter if the line is dotted, has a stroke etc. It is what you select from the line that will be subtracted from the background in step 4. – Henrik Ekblom Oct 2 '14 at 8:06

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