stroke data converted...how do you break it apart?

[gabagoo]

I have a file that the customer must have used a stroke to create my cutline, but he converted stroke to outlines before sending. When I designate it as a contour cut it makes 2 cuts...an inner and an outer. I cancel the operation and try to break the shape into 2 pieces but nothing highlights under group or compound. How do I break the path to get rid of one of the shapes?

 

[Rick]

Release compound.
Delete inner stroked outline (if there are no "holes" just weld it all together) if there are holes, after removing unwanted inner cutline, compound shape again.

 

[gabagoo]

none of the compound options highlights. it is very strange and I have seen this before. I could just let the cutter cut the 2 lines but they are so close we take the chance of actually scoring the backing paper.

 

[Gene@mpls]

Try convert stroke to outlines (arrange)

 

[thewood]

You may need to ungroup the resulting outlines, then uncompound them.

 

[mosignman]

sometimes it may have a mask, don't know why but it's happened to me. Try to unmask first then ungroup or uncompound.

 

[gabagoo]

not masked not grouped not compounded.. hell with it, I deleted them and redrew them, but it is an illustrator issue that when the stroke is coverted to an outline it makes a line on both sides of the stroke and somehow they are stuck together without touching and flexi has no idea how to break them apart.

 

[Kwiksigns]

not masked not grouped not compounded.. hell with it, I deleted them and redrew them, but it is an illustrator issue that when the stroke is coverted to an outline it makes a line on both sides of the stroke and somehow they are stuck together without touching and flexi has no idea how to break them apart.

Usually when that happens, I just use the scissors to cut the outline, then join the points back together and everything is in pieces... Don't know why it works but it does.

 

[thewood]

I've encountered this glitch when outlining strokes in Illustrator as well. You may not be able to separate the two paths created when converting a stroke to an outline because they are actually connected. Sometimes, you can delete the offending nodes and separate the paths.

 

[gabagoo]

I've encountered this glitch when outlining strokes in Illustrator as well. You may not be able to separate the two paths created when converting a stroke to an outline because they are actually connected. Sometimes, you can delete the offending nodes and separate the paths.

your correct but with these I found no connection. In future I tell people to leave the stroke data, I will deal with it