: Removing One Part Of A Stroke On A Rectangle In Illustrator CS5 Is it possible to remove on side of a stroke on a rectangle? Let's say you have a rectangle with a stroke all the way around

@Rivera951

I realized you can achieve this goal by being crafty with Dashed Line in Stroke. I wanted one line open, but also wanted the curvature of the fill. You can change the length of 'dash' and 'gap' using the arrow keys on your keyboard to quickly change their values until you find a combination you need.

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@Radia289

I use Shade with 100 % opacity twice and offset it to create this look. It's most helpful when dealing with diagrams that you do not want to convert to shapes.

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@Margaret771

Removing one side of the shape might be a workaround, BUT!

You won't be able to align the stroke to inside or outside, it will always be central

A better solution would be expanding the stroke (in case you need an inside or outside alignment for it)

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@Karen819

select the rectangle and remove fill inside. use scissors tool (C) and click on side corners. edit removed side seperately

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@Cugini998

Choose Direct Select tool (A) which I call the ANCHOR tool for my students.
Press + to add an anchor. (Changes direct select tool to pen + tool).
Click on the stroke half way between the two anchors you want to remove the stroke from.
Hit delete.


Stroke disappears.

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@Berryessa866

For more clarity - a simple way is to select 'A' for the white arrow tool - drag a selection through the line part of one of the box sides and hit delete.

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@Si6392903

Delete the line connecting the 2 anchor points on either end of the "strokeless" side. It will leave an open shape, but shouldn't cause any major issues. The stroke won't be applied to the open edge.

The other approach is to expand the stroke as a separate object and modify it separately from the fill object.

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