Customisable Dash Lines

**gwpriester** · 25 July 2018, 10:25 PM

The dash patterns are another orphaned feature that needs updating. Specifically user defined patterns. I think CorelDRAW has this ability and probably Illustrator.

**Acorn** · 26 July 2018, 03:32 PM

Originally Posted by gwpriester

The dash patterns are another orphaned feature that needs updating. Specifically user defined patterns. I think CorelDRAW has this ability and probably Illustrator.

Gary, do indulge my denseness here but does a Scatter Brush do all this already? Admittedly, only for XDPX, but a brush fan could offer up a collection to augment another application's Document Brushes collection.

Acorn

**gwpriester** · 26 July 2018, 06:57 PM

Try it yourself.

Kind of a dog's breakfast. Especially with the new Edit Brush settings.

Illustrator and other programs let you define a dashed line pattern, and determine the corners.

When I create my stereograms, I frequently add a thin outline layer that defines the hidden shapes and makes the edges sharper. Sometimes I like to add a dashed outline so the outline is more subtle.

But applying any of the preset outlines to a .5 px line results in a dashed line with spaces that are too narrow and as such no use to me.

Yes, I am sure if I played around with it enough I might be able to come up with something. But the way Illustrator lets you define the dash pattern (which is applied in real time so you can edit as needed) is simpler and more intuitive.

**Boy** · 26 July 2018, 08:48 PM

Ouch!

**MarcT** · 13 August 2018, 08:58 PM

Haven't seen that one.
Definitely +1

**Egg Bramhill** · 13 August 2018, 10:16 PM

Is this the type of thing you're after Gary?

**gwpriester** · 13 August 2018, 10:20 PM

Well if you simply increased the line width then no. Not sure if you have ever used a dialog like the one I posted but it makes it easy and intuitive and you see the results in real time.