After using Object Path Outline stroke

on a line segment, I still have a center line. Why?

No. I just turned it into a fill object but the center path still shows. It's not really there but it shows as if it is.
To add a degree of difficulty, I have it on my lab computer but not on my office copy. Using CS6.
I think it must be a preference setting but I can't locate it.

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Object Path Outline Stroke creates jagged edges for curve

When I outline a stroke, the nodes created along the curve are not smooth. Have these weird funky loops.
Here is the images as just a stroke with 40 point weight. The segment showed has 3 anchor points.
Here is the funky loops that I discussed above.
Any idea how to smooth out the curves better and avoid this issue? Trying to build a font in Illustrator before I transfer to Fontographer but this is problematic for all my curves.

Thanks for taking a look guys. I've attached additional screenshots.
Here are the anchor points. The nodes and handles all snap to a 10pt grid (sorry about the bounding box, but you can still see the anchor handles in there).
These are my brush definition settings.
I did create the curves using pen tool, then applied the brush definition to the path.

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Index is unusable after using Direct path of SQL Loader

When using the Direct path of SQL Loader to load records from a comma(,) seperated file into a table, the index which I specify the records are sorted in becomes unusable. In the log file created by SQL Loader the error: "ORA-01409: NOSORT option may not be used; rows are not in ascending order" occurs. I am pre sorting the data in the order of the index, the index is a multi column index. The index and table prior to initiating SQL Loader are not empty and contain existing records.
Can anybody suggest a reason as to why this is happening even thought I am pre sorting the data in ascending order as per the index?
Brad.

Thanks for reply Gerald!
After further investigation I kind of answered my own question and found that the data I was loading was not in the order that Oracle was expecting. The problem stems from how the UNIX command SORT works compared to how data is ordered by in Oracle by the ORDER BY statement. I was using UNIX's SORT command to pre sort my data before loading it directly into Oracle.
UNIX's SORT seems to order Null's before anything else in ascending order, where as Oracle's ORDER BY order's Null values last for ascending order!
I got around this by putting in my pre-sorted data the highest printing ASCII character when ever a field was Null. The highest printing ASCII character is 'tilde' (~). As UNIX's SORT uses the ASCII collating sequence to determine the sort order the post-sorted data was sorted as per Oracle expected. And to not actually load up "~" into my Oracle table I just specified in the SQL*Loader control file for these fields, NULLIF (field_name = "~").

Trouble outlining stroke and aligning to outside.

I am having trouble converting a stoke to a shape. I use object >path>outline stroke , click black selection tool, and go to stoke settings. For some reason, the align to outside stroke is greyed out to me and I don't know why.

We can't know. You have not even mentioned what program or what version, much less anything about your system or whatever else may be relevant. Either way, ask in the product forum of whatever tool you are actually referring to.
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Effect: Outline Stroke doesn't work

I'm on CS2. The Effect "Outline Stroke" doesn't seem to do anything.
I would have expected to be able to colour the fill of the outlined stroke in the same way as if the stroke had been outlined using Object: Path: Outline Stroke. Am I doing something wrong?

I need to keep the original vector path without expanding its appearance.
The strange thing is that when I've got the Outline Stroke effect running I can put a pattern into it but not a gradient.
To do a gradient I have to use the Offset Path effect with a value of half the stroke's original weight, make the stroke weight zero and then put a gradient fill into it. So if the original path was 12 pt I need to offset it by 6 pt.
Stranger still, the selection tools pick up the vector even though I click outside the path. Seems that the area selection is controlled by the bounding box and not by what you see.
Seems a clumsy way of doing things and can get very confusing when you've got a lot of overlapping lines with various gradient fills and transparency.

Open path when outlining stroke...

If I have an object that has a large stroke set to align to inside and I outline that stroke, the resulting inner shape isn't a closed path. While this is easy enough to fix, I was wondering if there was a way to avoid it alltohether?

I forgot a step. Let me explain it step by step
Create a square with a 20pt stroke and no fill
Set align stroke to "Aligh Stroke to Inside"
Go to Object>Path>Outline Stroke
Select the resulting shape and go to Object>Compound Path>Release
Select the top/right anchor point of the inner shape and drag, you will have two anchor points not joined.

Outline stroke command?

I'm making an extension panel, and I want to convert some fat roundendcapped lines to paths, but it seems there's no command for this in the SDK.
Object -> Path -> Outline stroke
Is it true?
If so, do you know a workaround for this?
I made an Action that calls Outline stroke from the menu, but then I got stuck again, because I can't find a way to call that action from my panel.
I see Photoshop has an ActionList stuff. I'm looking for something like that in Illustrator.

I think it's also possible to use the AIArtConverter suite to do this.
Something like:
AIErr error=kNoErr;
AIArtHandle MyPathToConvert;
error=sArtConverter->ArtConvertToOutline(&MyPathToConvert, kOutlineAddStrokes);

Outline Stroke, Effects, and Appearances.

Dear Adobe Users, Please come to my aid, I am at my wit's end.
I am trying to recreate the effect described here (http://opentype.info/blog/2012/08/09/the-google-maps-effect-in-adobe-illustrator/) - to whit, a a non-destructive, merged series of paths with a complete outline, with paths that can be resized at will without affecting any other paths, and any overlap areas should merge.* I have only been able to replicate it once and I cannot seem to do it a second time. Every single time I go to Effect > Path > Outline Stroke, nothing happens: an ‘outline stroke’ effect tab is added on the appearance panel, but nothing at all happens to my lines, they don’t change in the slightest.
I can add all the outline stroke effects I want (in the appearance tab) - no effect. I can double click on the outline stroke - nothing happens. There's nothing to edit. I can move it around - no effect. I can get OBJECT > Path > Outline stroke to work, of course, but that is not non-destructive: it destroys my paths, and I can't add new paths or anything.
I cannot copy-paste the successful attempt into new layers. I cannot duplicate the layers into new files and have the effects still work. I cannot copy existing paths into the layer and use the eye-dropper to copy the effects.
Please, someone, come to my aid! What did I do right, and how can I do it again?
Copy of file:
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* I am aware that the article is from 2012 and was thus done on CS5, not CS6, but like I said, I did get it to work once in CS6 already.

I tried that, it didn't work. It just adds another stroke under the first - it doesn't work as an outline

How do i get an outline stroke without initial stroke in CC?

Hi,
I need an outline on a stroke that i drew but when i apply object>path>outline stroke i keep getting my initial stroke applied as well. I only need the outline, not the initial stroke. I use Illustrator CC.
Thanks

Hi Jacob,
i never had that problem before. I always assumed Adobe products were rock solid!
Illustrator failed on me twice today, when it also stopped in the middle of a process.
I guess nothing's perfect
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CS3 Outline Stroke Parallel Lines Bug

Hello everyone...
I'll try to explain my issue as best as possible. I am using Illy CS3 on Win XP Pro.
I am creating installation instructions for an electronic product and need to show wire routing.
I created an art brush of two parallel black lines two different ways (two black lines and two black lines with a white line between them) and am getting the same result when I apply the Object>Path>Outline Stroke command.
What is happening is instead of Outlining each of the strokes and individual paths, Illustrator is outlining the space between the two strokes as one filled, closed path.
Perhaps this is expected behavior. However, Illustrator CS4 (which I use at home on a Mac) outlines the stroke as I would expect it to with the two lines as individual paths.
Does anyone know of a workaround or any way for Illustrator CS3 to behave in a similar way to how CS4 handles the strokes?
Any help is truly appreciated.
Many Thanks!

I can't follow your description, and can't replicate the problem trying to follow it.
> I created an art brush of two parallel black lines two different ways (two black lines and two black lines with a white line between them) and am getting the same result when I apply the Object>Path>Outline Stroke command.
Explain "two black lines and two black lines with a white line between them".
Brush 1 built from:
Two parallel open paths, each with a black stroke?
Brush 2 built from:
Three parallel open paths, equally distributed, the two outermost ones having a black stroke, the middle one having a white stroke?
When you say "situated between them" are you talking about stacking order (paths with different weight strokes stacked in same location) or spacing (three parallel paths distributed vertically)?
You say you've created these two ArtBrushes and are then applying Object>Path>Outline Stroke. Are you in fact talking about outlining the strokes to the artwork
before converting it to an ArtBrush, or applying Outline Stroke to a path to which you already applied the ArtBrush?
Describe EXACTLY, step-by-step, command-by-command, the simplest steps necessary to replicate the problem. Don't use ambiguous terms like "line". Use the terms of the program.
JET

Outline Stroke Problem

I am trying to outline the stroke of a custom brush line. When I go to Object>Path>Outline Stroke instead of keeping the same appearance and simply outlining the stroke into a filled shape, the stroke transforms to a very thin hairline.
Any ideas?

Use Object>Expand Appearance instead of Outline Stroke.

Outline stroke not working in CS6

so I just create a straight, uniform line and press Effect > Path > Outline Stroke... but nothing happens
not sure if I'm doing something wrong... or if there is a bug?
thanks,
Terrence.

thanks for your reply...
the line has a black, 10 pt, uniform stroke on it.... I click the outline stroke command and nothing happens... an fx does appear in the appearance palette, but when I click the Outline Stroke item there nothing opens... every other effect opens a dialog window...

What is the difference between Object Outline Stroke, Object Expand..., and Object Compound Path/Make?

Could anyone explain the differences between these three commands? I created a circle with a stroke, applied all three commands, and ended up with the same thing, a compound path. Are there situations where this is not the case, or situations where one of these commands is more appropriate?

Cleveland,
In the case of the straight stroke/nofill, object>outline stroke and object>expand seem to do the same thing.
In the Layers palette you can see the three different outcomes for Expand if you have both Fill and stroke ticked, only Fill ticked, and only Stroke ticked. Only the last one corresponds to Outline Stroke.
You should use Outline Stroke as the simplest one if that is what you need. Compound Path is for creating something with one or more holes from multiple paths, or for collecting paths to forrm the Clipping Path of a Clipping Mask. Expand is for the rest.

Dark path's edges after using shape builder tool or masking objects

hi,
i have a problem with path edges after using shape builder tool or masking objects. This problem occurs when i draw bright colored objects above dark colored object. After that i have dark path's edges. Like this: http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/2051/dlm2.jpg
I have one solution (pathfinder->dive objects and delete some dark elements on the bottom) but maybe someone know another solution for this problem?

Thank you for reply
Unfortunately, I don't have opportunity to print it, but as you wrote, it must be a screen artifact. I exported this file to tiff, then i opened it in photoshop. Everything is ok. All of the edges are clear.

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