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I have a complex shape created with the Pen Tool from a vendor (some shapes have strokes, others don't -- and they all combine to create one final shape). I need to convert the shape into an OUTLINE so that I can pass the file to my woodcutter to cut out the shapes on a piece of wood plank. How can I make the outlines? Thank you!

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  • can't you just select the shape, give it a outline and then turn the shape white or something?
    – Daisetsu
    Jul 29, 2010 at 0:25
  • No, she's saying it's made up of multiple elements, some strokes, some fills and AI scales them differently. A significantly complex graphic would make individual object adjustment non-trivial. She needs some kind of "flatten" or convert stroke to fill.
    – hyperslug
    Jul 29, 2010 at 0:49
  • Perhaps, select all, Object -> Path -> Outline Stroke?
    – hyperslug
    Jul 29, 2010 at 0:53
  • Or maybe Window -> Pathfinder, select all. In the Pathfinder window, Pathfinder -> Shape Modes -> Alt-Click, then Pathfinders -> Outline.
    – hyperslug
    Jul 29, 2010 at 1:07

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  • Thank you! That worked! Now I have to clean up the drawing my deleting portions of the image. Thank you!
    – Fiona
    Jul 29, 2010 at 5:43

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