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Globe Tutorial -- Stage 6

  • duplicate the original circle layer, and move the copy below the latitude lines layer
  •  unlock this layer
  •  select the circle and the lines and hit the Outline filter on the Pathfinder panel
     the lines will seem to disappear - they haven't, the stroke has just been set to 0 so...
     set the stroke and fill back to default white fill and black stroke, then clear the fill again
     (or just set the stroke to 1px black)
  •  this has effectively broken the lines where they intersect the circle
  •  use the path selection tool (White arrow) select the line sections which extend above the circle)
  •  hit delete twice to remove them
  •  do the same for the line sections below the circle - you should have:

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