Adobe illustrator 10 Manuale Utente

Use the Pathfinder palette to combine paths into new objects and shapes. In the 
Pathfinder palette, you can access filters for combining paths and you can access shape 
mode commands, which create and modify compound shapes. For more information on 
how filters affect the objects to which they’re applied, see 

. 

You access Pathfinder filters by clicking a Pathfinders button or pressing Alt (Windows) or 
Option (Mac OS) and clicking a Shape Modes button. (See 

.) You access shape modes by clicking a Shape Modes button. (See 

.) 

Choose Window > Pathfinder.

Click the triangle at the upper right corner of the palette.

In the Pathfinder palette menu, choose Repeat <command>.

The command is applied with the most recently used options.

1 Choose Window > Pathfinder.

2 Choose Pathfinder Options from the Pathfinder palette menu.

3 Specify any of the following Pathfinder options, and then click OK: 

Type a precision value in the Precision text box to affect how precisely the Pathfinder 

filters calculate an object’s path. The more precise the calculation, the more accurate 
the drawing and the more time is required to generate the resulting path. 

Select Remove Redundant Points to remove redundant points as you click a Pathfinder 

button.

Select Divide and Outline Will Remove Unpainted Artwork to delete any unfilled objects 

in the selected artwork as you click the Divide or Outline button. 

To reset all options to their default settings, click Defaults. 

You can combine paths and objects to create shapes in a variety of ways in Illustrator. 
The resulting paths or shapes differ depending on the method you use to combine the 
paths. Illustrator creates the following types of shapes:

Compound shapes consist of two or more paths, compound paths, groups, blends, 

envelopes, warps, text, or other compound shapes that interact with and intercept one 
another to create new, editable shapes. Some compound shapes may appear like 
compound paths, but you can control them on a per-path basis.

Compound paths consist of two or more simple paths that interact with or intercept 

each other. They are more basic than compound shapes and are recognized by all