Illustrator overlayed cut-out/mask problem

[James Ward]

Hi everyone, I've an odd issue with a logo I've been tasked to design (I'm not a designer, but hey, be useful, eh?).

I want this:


from this:


and this:


which I achieve by creating a clipping mask from the circle on the slash, this gives me this:


which looks great! doesn't it? actually no, it doesn't:


What should I do to avoid this? I'm guessing that the mask is just that bit too small and cuts off too much of the slash.

How would others achieve what I'm trying to do?

 

[hawkeye]

Put the blue shape on top of the red circle. select both and use Pathfinder Minus Front.

 

[James Ward]

Put the blue shape on top of the red circle. select both and use Pathfinder Minus Front.

Thanks for the reply.

I thought of that, but it's a little destructive for my liking; is that the only way? is there any way to do that and make it editable/repositionable?

 

[hawkeye]

Alt+click in Pathfinder to make it a compound object.