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Extra strokes are also automatically removed. Once each part has been cropped out, you can also delete parts of the artwork that do not fall within the boundary placed at the top. Crop: You can break down a piece of artwork into component-filled faces.It can also remove strokes from overlapping or adjoining objects that have been filled using the same color. Merge: The merge tool is used to remove parts of hidden filled objects.All strokes that do not merge with the selected objects of the same color are removed. Trim: You can remove part of a hidden filled object.Both options will allow you to manipulate faces to either preserve or delete unfilled objects using the command. To make the most of the Divide tool in the Pathfinder panel, you should use Group Selection or Direct Selection. A face in this context is defined as any area that is not divided by line segments. Divide: You can use this option to separate component-filled faces from a piece of artwork.This option is used for deleting areas of an illustration by making adjustments to the stacking order.

Minus Back: The frontmost object has all the objects behind it removed.The tool is handy for deleting areas of illustrations by stacking the order in which they appear. Subtract: The frontmost object from your shapes is removed from the backmost object.However, selecting an odd number of objects will make the overlap filled. If you overlap an even number of objects, the overlap becomes transparent.

Exclude: Non-overlapping areas of objects can be traced, and it also makes all the overlapping areas transparent.

Here is an example of two objects before and after being intersected.

Intersect: The Intersect tool lets you trace the outline of a region in your illustration, even if other objects overlap it.

Add: This option lets you accurately trace the outline of all objects and treats them as a singular merged the object.