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Building new shapes using the Shape Builder tool
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About the Shape Builder Tool
Setting the Shape Builder tool options
About the Shape Builder Tool
The Shape Builder tool is an interactive tool for creating complex shapes by merging and erasing simpler shapes. It works on simple and
compound paths.
It intuitively highlights edges and regions of the selected art, which can be merged to form new shapes. An edge is defined as the section of a
path, which does not intersect any other path of the selected objects. A region is a closed area bounded by edges.
By default, the tool is in merge mode where it allows you to combine paths or regions. You can also switch to the erase mode to delete any
unwanted edges or regions by pressing Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac).
For a video on creating new shapes using the Shape Builder tool, see www.adobe.com/go/lrvid5203_ai_en.
Setting the Shape Builder tool options
You can set up and customize various options such as gap detection, coloring source, and highlighting to get the required merging capability and
better visual feedback.
Double-click the Shape Builder Tool icon in the Tools panel to set these options in the Shape Builder Tool Options dialog box.
Shape Builder Tool Options dialog box
Gap Detection Set the gap length using the Gap Length drop-down list. The values available are Small (3 points), Medium (6 points), and Large
(12 points).
Select the Custom check box if you want to provide an exact gap length.
When you select the gap length, Illustrator finds the gaps only close to the specified gap length value. Make sure that the gap length value is
close (approximately) to the actual gap length of the art. You can check if the gaps are being detected by providing different gap length values until
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