Keep dashed lines from turning into solid lines

[Jules]

Yeah, the dashed line in AI is an appearance along a path, not individual dashes.

There’s a tutorial on using a Brush to create actual dashed lines here:

Hacking Illustrator (and CorelDraw) to make dashed lines for folding/tearing

Hey cats and kittens; Illustrator guy, here! I happened to catch this thread and, while I applaud Jkopel’s clever method of creating lines, I wanted to pop in and let you know you’re beating yourself up with extra work and to save you some time in the future. So here’s my handy dandy dashed line method, sure to make you hate making dashed lines a little less: Step One: Draw a dash! [image] Adorable, right? Step Two: Go to your brushes menu and select “New Brush…” then Pattern Brush [ima…