sorry John, but if illustrator has an eraser then it has to fit the vector approach one way or another, almost by definition
still it's good to know it is on the wishlist, thanks
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It's "another" in this case.
Vector eraser IS a vector tool. But with some drawbacks.
Imagine you have drawn lots of quick strokes. They are all lines. Now you trim them a little bit with eraser. Let's say half of them were affected by eraser. They were converted to shapes. But the rest are still lines. You can still change line width, pattern, profile, even apply brush to them. But not to those that were affected by the eraser. Surely, they are all vector, but the result is not quite consistent or predictable.
John.
ok - is there not a way to trim vector lines with an eraser without converting to shape?
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well I thought so Paul, but I am trying to get head around John's argument by asking him for clarification [edit: reply to post 20]
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right
so what you are saying is that the line would need to be converted to shape in order for there to be nodes to define the outline that was left after erase?
yes I can see that John, if you are erasing a line's width and not just it's length
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