Stroking a path with a pattern.

[rickk]

(03-25-2021, 12:48 AM)Ofnuts Wrote: Didn't see Rich's answer, but thinking among the same lines. Use a brush for the nuts, and another one for the metal under them. May I recommend the use of my ofn-brush-strokes-on-path script to have the nuts regularly spaced and evenly dividing your path. In the image below:

I am appreciative to both of you for your attention, and efforts.  Dabbling with the guidance Rich gave me earlier, but using a selection ellipse rather than an actual path.... got me here (the extra "fill" I just threw in to kill the stark white background):




I found it interesting how the figure specified for brush spacing was crucial to closing the loop evenly so that the first and last bolts  were spaced properly. Otherwise you ended up with either one pair that were different from all  others, or worse case a pair that were "binoculared" .  All in all I'm very pleased with the result.   I'll probably go back and fine tune my "brush" image so that the shading isn't so directional,  and yeah, getting rid of the surrounding area was definitely the way to go. 

I'll give the script a try too. Thanks again.