Cutting a path

We are going to create the grip shapes by cutting the Grip Path you have just 'emptied'.

Make sure the Grip Path is selected.
Because the path has no fill or stroke it can be difficult to select it. To make this easier always select it by clicking on it in the Layers Panel.
Zoom in on the bottom left corner of the image.
Create a vertical guide at 150 pixels across the page.
Remeber to do this click and drag form the ruler at the side of the page. You can position it by looking at the top ruler. Creating a guide automatically turns the guides on. You will see the guides you created earlier are still there.
Choose the Knife tool.
Click and drag the Knife tool across the Grip Path so it creates a line form the curve point shown to the intersection of the Grip Path and the guide you created.

You have now just created two paths. A larger one to the right and a smaller one in the bottom left corner.
In the layers panel click on each of the Grip Path layers to find out which one is the larger section to the right.
Select the larger section and Choose Edit > Cut.
This leaves us with the path we are going to use to create the Grip Shapes.

We are left with an unclosed path. The next step is to close the path and then create a fill effect.