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Constructing patterns with irregular
textures
You can create an irregularly textured fill
pattern that will tile seamlessly using
this procedure. Fill patterns clip any art-
work outside the bounding box; path
patterns do not. To create an irregularly
textured path pattern, select and define
as a pattern only the texture within the
bounding box. See How patterns tile for
more information.
To create an irregular texture:
1
Draw a bounding box (rectangle).
If you are creating a path pattern, go to
step 13.
2 Draw the texture with the objects or
lines that intersect only the left side of
the bounding box.
Shortcut: If you know the rectangle’s
exact dimensions, eliminate steps 3
through 7 by selecting only the lines and
using the Move command to specify a
horizontal move the width of the rect-
angle. Be sure to click Copy instead of
OK in the Move dialog box.