The Pattern Along Path path effect applied to a sample shape
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Pattern Along Path

Turn a plain outline into a repeating zigzag, wave or dot run for a stitched seam, a ticket border or a map's disputed boundary.

FamilyDistort
Parameters3 adjustable
On canvas handlesno, adjust it in the panel
Destructiveno, the original path is kept
LicenceFree for commercial use

The 3 controls

Nothing here is baked in. Every value stays live on the object for as long as the file exists, so you can come back and retune it, reorder it against other effects, or take it off and get your original path back exactly as you drew it.

  1. PatternZigzag, Wave, Dots
  2. Period4 to 200, default 24
  3. Amplitude0 to 200, default 10

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