: How can I make everything below an object (arrangement wise) transparent? For instance, I have a line with a stroke colored navy blue over a shape. How can I make the area covered by the

@Dunderdale640

Let me see if I understood your question right (using Illustrator CS 6):


We start with this shape:





Select the dotted line and from the main menu select Object/Expand Appearance
Select the dotted line again and select Object/Expand


Step 2 and 3 will make each dot of the line to become separate objects.




Select both the dotted line and the background and from the Pathfinder panel, chose Minus Front





This will be the result

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