stroke centred on path - only option? (MX)

[d a v e]

is there anyway to change the default behaviour of srokes as they are always centred on the path - hence if you have an element that is 100 mm wide including a 6pt stroke then increase the stroke weight to 12pt then ithe whole element will expand to around 102 mm (or something). I would like to be able to put the stroke inside the element's path.

thanks,
dave

p.s. freehand MX, win

[url]http://members.surfeu.fi/dave_pirjo[/url]

[Wes Rand]

d a v e wrote:

> is there anyway to change the default behaviour of srokes as they are
> always centred on the path - hence if you have an element that is 100
> mm wide including a 6pt stroke then increase the stroke weight to
> 12pt then ithe whole element will expand to around 102 mm (or
> something). I would like to be able to put the stroke inside the
> element's path.
>
> thanks, dave
>
> p.s. freehand MX, win
>
>
> [url]http://members.surfeu.fi/dave_pirjo[/url]

I don't know of any way to change the orientation of the stroke. You
could clone the path, give it a stroke twice the width you want with no
fill and then paste it inside the original path.

[David Prescott]

ok thanks. it's not a big problem
dave :)

"Wes Rand" <wrand@mac.com> wrote in message
news:buru4s$17v$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> d a v e wrote:

> > is there anyway to change the default behaviour of srokes as they are
> > always centred on the path - hence if you have an element that is 100
> > mm wide including a 6pt stroke then increase the stroke weight to
> > 12pt then ithe whole element will expand to around 102 mm (or
> > something). I would like to be able to put the stroke inside the
> > element's path.
> >
> > thanks, dave
> >
> > p.s. freehand MX, win
> >
> >
> > [url]http://members.surfeu.fi/dave_pirjo[/url]

>
> I don't know of any way to change the orientation of the stroke. You
> could clone the path, give it a stroke twice the width you want with no
> fill and then paste it inside the original path.