Creative Toolbox

When creating certain shapes in Illustrator, you may find youself wanting to add points in the middle of a path. Well, there’s a little trick that I discovered years ago to accomplish this.

With your shape selected, choose Object > Path > Add Anchor Points from the main menu. Illustrator will attempt to add anchor points along your selected object directly in the middle of any two points. This is a useful command to keep in mind when you need to divide an object in half.