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.

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Error: OSEG when Outlining Strokes

I have a problem that consistently occurs in Illustrator CS4 on Leopard that only presents itself when I try to outline paths in dxf files opened in Illustrator that I think have been supplied from and Autocad type software.
I get the unknown Error: OSEG and only some paths outline.
The only way I have found to fix it is to outline paths individually till I find the culprit path or paths and and either find the point in the path that is causing the error and remove it (which can be time consuming), or just delete the path all together and re-create a replacement. It seems to me there is a problem with Illustrator being able to handle certain path information it encounters that is causing the error.
I have been doing the same thing in all versions of Illustrator since the very first version that supported opening dxf files (so quite a few generations of Illustrator, pre CS I think) and this is the first time Illustrator has presented the problem with these types of files specifically.
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I'm new to this forum, but I found this thread while googling the OSEG error I was getting when I tried to outline all of the strokes in an AI file (I'm using a Dell laptop, running CS4). All of my strokes were the same width, color, join (corner/smooth), miter limit, etc. Some of them had fill colors, the rest did not.
I was finally able to pinpoint why this error was popping up for me:
After successfully outlining the strokes layer by layer, and then path by path (once I found the problem layer), I discovered that my problem was just a few lone anchor points. Once I deleted those, the rest of the paths did just fine converting to outlines.
I guess the "outline stroke" function didn't like the single points, and they made it act all weird. Maybe it was because they weren't really lines or closed shapes, and therefore not "stroke-able"?
Also (not sure if this would have anything to do with it), the problem layer was the bottom layer, which Wade seemed to indicate was part of the problem.
Anyway, hope this helps.

Generating path inside outline stroke.

I know that I cannot revert the stroke path including the weight once I turned it into outline stroke. But if there is anyway I can generate a path in the center of outline stroke? I don't care about the weighting and the color, I just want the path to be created there.

Isn't outline stroke is a closed path? So is there anyway I can do this in closed path?
I want some sort like this.
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/263/resultiwant.jpg/
I tried your suggest and I get this.
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/847/blendoption.jpg/
but I need to scissor the center anchor of outline stroke to get the center. The problem is that I have a lot of multiple outline stroke that I'm sure that will consume my time, if I do this steps over and over again. Any faster way?

Alignment of strokes of open paths

I researched a bit, and I read there are solutions for this. I didn't quite understand it though.
If I simply draw a line and want to align the stroke to one side (instead of the centre) how do I do this?
1) Giving a path offset effect.
    I played with this, but didn't got me any result. I mean by giving the offset different values, I didn't saw the
    stroke moving to one side.
2) Creating a new brush for this.
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3) Something by using an invisible rectangle.
At this moment, not one method have worked for me :-(.
What I basically want is to create those 'lineal' lines in the wing below. I already made an outline of the ribs and control of alignment of strokes gives me more options and flexibility to draw this.

You cannot set alignment options for Open paths in the Stroke panel. However, you could use the Width Tool to achieve what you are after, here's how:
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Now if you want to draw the same type of paths repeatedly, uncheck "New Art Has Basic Appearance" from the Appearance panel flyout menu. And keep drawing.
All the paths you draw will have the same appearance as the one you had selected initially (unless you select something else).

Illustrator 6.0 vector paths, when opened in Illustrator CC are now all broken into segments?

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That is strange sounds like what happens when you open a die built in autocad, in illustrator. What happens if you paste a CS6 path into CC?

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Hi Doug,
I'm sure I did not notice a difference in Esc key behavior simply because I have never tried to use the Esc key to stop the Pen Tool from picking up the current path.
I just tested with all these versions of Photoshop: 6.0, CS2, CS3, CS4, CS5, CS6, CC 14.x, and CC (2014) on my PC workstation running Windows 8.1.
Observations:
Photoshop versions 6.0, CS5, and CS6 DO terminate the creation of the current path at the current point upon pressing the Esc key. However, Photoshop versions CS2, CS3, CS4, CC 14.x, and CC (2014). do not terminate the creation of the path upon pressing Esc, and will continue the path with another pen click. Photoshop CC 14.x and CC (2014) may make it SEEM like the path creation is terminated because they hide the points, but the next click continues the path and causes all the points to reappear.
In every case holding the control key down (to temporarily choose the Direct Selection Tool) and clicking off the current path terminates the creation with an open path and allows the creation of another separate path.
No version closes the path (made the path into a closed shape) upon pressing Esc. The only way I know to close a path is to bring the cursor back to the starting point, watch for a little o to appear next to the cursor, then click the mouse.
With Photoshop 6.0, CS2, CS3, CS4, and CS5 the response of the Pen Tool was instantaneous. There was a definite slowdown / sluggishness in Photoshop CS6 and CC 14.x, which is now corrected in Photoshop CC (2014), which is again instantly responsive.
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-Noel

Layer style stroke for open paths

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What you will be looking for is what is called a flowing script (probably a casual flowing script); script fonts are those remembling handwriting.
You may have a look at this website, where you can click (Formal or) Casual Flowing Script and see many different ones (which may give you an overview and possibly some inspiration),
http://www.bowfinprintworks.com/Script07Pg1.html
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They've mystified me since I noticed them.
Lords of Illustrator, forgive your humble servant's blatant ignorance, but searches and experimentation have come up disinsightful (possible a new word) - what do you do with these?
(Right now, I'm making a focused effort to figure out everything I can do with live Appearance Panel effects - the more I know, the better I feel I set up artwork, non-destructively. It's great. Correct Answer will manifest happy dancing.)

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dasikins,
When you apply a Brush to a path, the resulting width of the brush will be the basic brush width multiplied by the path Stroke Weight in points.
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I wonder whether this is relevant or nonsense.

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Cleveland,
In the case of the straight stroke/nofill, object>outline stroke and object>expand seem to do the same thing.
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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.

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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...

Outline Stroke – normal behaviour?

Here's a strange anomaly I bumped into.
I drew a single open path with its ends crossing (see black line on the shot below).
When I outline the stroke everything runs into one instead of overlapping (see red shape).
Separate paths produce overlapping objects when outlined, so I would have expected the shape in my example to overlap itself.
It is as if a Pathfinder Unite has been applied.
Is this normal behaviour? Has Illie always done it this way?

Steve,
Is this normal behaviour? Has Illie always done it this way?
It is always diffiult to determine whether a behaviour is normal or even rational, but she has always behaved that way.
I believe she sees a (self overlapping) path as one object and is unable to decide a split into parts, even though there is an order of Anchor Points; and after all, a self overlapping path may have only one segment so it is not always possible to consider an order of segments.
Apart from that, a split would lead to separate paths, would it not (with coinciding ends that would be stroked if the paths were to be stroked)?
And if the order should be shown without splitting the path, would it not require some rather strange solutions, apart from giving her a splitting headache trying to figure them out?

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.
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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.
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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

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I'm experiencing weird problem. I have an Art brush (scatter brush) which I sampled from a 5 tiny black circles to get the spray look. And it looks great as long as it stays as an art brush stroke. But when I select the path representing my stroke and doing "Outline stroke" it gives me desired shapes but along with empty bounding box-like rectangle around each of the sample. How to eliminate this problem? Thanks in advance.

Do you mean this is normal procedure in Illustrator? Create shapes from art brush, and then delete dull rectangles around samples? I'm asking because for example Corel never had such problems, everything is straightforward - you select an art brush, converting it to shapes, and you're done. No excessive junk, no strange bounding boxes around samples etc..

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