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Questions about the set of geographical primitives (ellipse, line, rectangle, polygon, Bézier curve) represented as vector mediums. Custom shapes can be produced by combining any of the aforementioned primitives.

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Shape builder not working..!

This likely means that your layers with those shapes are locked and/or you haven't selected your paths. …
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How do I equally space the pieces of a split shape in Illustrator?

Vincent has a great idea, here's another similar method from a different approach (which I think has less steps) Create your shapes (all split up etc.) … You will now have equally spaced gaps between the shapes. The distance between the shapes will depend on your stroke thickness. …
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Is it possible to change this image to white and make it not look like a blob?

Select it and apply a White stroke (I did 5pt thick) and set fill to none (/) for all the shapes. … You can also do the opposite to have the shapes filled and the strokes clear - see @Scott's answer Just don't apply the stroke to the circle part itself: …
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Extra space created around object when using the shaper tool

That is the Shaper tool (not the Shape Builder) Just select the Shape Builder Tool (Shift+M) and simply drag to join them. If you want to use the Shaper Tool (as it is less destructive and more …
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Adobe Illustrator guidance needed

Use the Ellipse Tool (L) and Alt+Click in the center to create the next shapes aligned. Then in the popup you fill out the size. … Now using the Shapebuilder Tool (Shift+M) merge the shapes together, and hold down Alt to remove the edges at the end. Now add some color: …
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Adobe Illustrator: After a radial repeat, how can you recolor individual intersecting shapes?

You can use the Pathfinder tool: the Divide option. That will divide up your shape into individual paths. You can also still use the Shape Builder by just clicking in each divided area - this will co …
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How to make this shape in Illustrator CC

You can use auto trace for this (as it is a basic shape) For more accurate (and controllable) results, use the pen tool: (P) Read more on the pen tool here Note: this was my 15 sec attempt at the …
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How to make corners round in Illustrator?

Stroke or Ctrl+F10) Set the corners to Round Join You can now go to Object → Expand to turn the stroke into a regular path If you do have some corners that you do not want rounded: Before you round the shapes
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How to curve a line into an arc along a circle in Adobe Illustrator?

Create a circle, and then add some extra anchor points to it (Object > Path > Add Anchor points and do it a few times) (You can also just add the extra points via the Pen Tool P) Then use the Direct …
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Create a Horizontally Segmented Circle in Illustrator

A. Make a circle and add a line, clone that line a few times (Ctrl+C - Ctrl+F )and drag one copy to the bottom. Select all of the lines, and open the Align Panel (Window → Align or Shift+F6) B. Clic …
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Why is trace bitmap not working in inkscape?

Your rectangle already is in vector format, all you need to do is save it as an SVG. The reason the tracing failed, is that you aren't tracing a bitmap image, rather you were attempting to trace a ve …
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Illustrator - how do I cut out a shape in text to form one shape and completely remove the c...

I think you just need to convert your path into a compound path. Select the path and the cutout (make sure the cutout part is above the other shape in the layers panel) and then Right Click → Make Com …
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Smart guides aren't smart

Apparently, all this has nothing to do with Smart Guides. Check if Align New Objects to Pixel Grid selected (if so, turn it off) If it's on... it will keep on jumping like this: To turn it off, …
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Adobe Illustrator: How to work with letter shapes

Your letter has to be converted to outlines. Select and Right click your text box and hit Convert to outlines or Shift+Ctrl/Command+O You may have to use the Direct Selection Tool (A) Or holding …
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Handling whitespace at points where shapes interconnect/overlap

You can try using a non uniform width profile on the stroke. (use the default #4 which goes from thin to thick) The problem is, with using the variable width profile - it won't produce the exact r …
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