: Creating a ring and preserving thickness while scaling in Illustrator To create my rings, I use two instances of the Ellipse tool. Then, I center the two circles, and use the Pathfinder tool

@Nimeshi706

Don't use the Pathfinder. There's no way to preserve the "thickness" of the ring when scaled. The thickness of your ring is an intrinsic part of the shape you made so it scales exactly the same as the rest of your shape.. The thickness literally is your shape.

Instead use a single path with a stroke. You can then adjust your stroke as needed and you can check "Scale Strokes and Effects" in the Scale dialog:

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@Connie430

Transform Palette > Scale Strokes & Effects

Also Uncheck align to Pixel Grid / And Don't have Re-align new objects to Pixel Grid checked.

But really, you need neither of these because all you should be doing is creating a circle with a stroke and no fill.

Also, should mention...

Keep the same stroke size for each different circle size. Then if you need to fill those strokes go to Object > Expand.

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