Be able to create a finished vector repeat tile from Pattern Editing Mode.
Currently, the only way for a designer to get a final tile from a repeat pattern created in pattern mode is a clunky workaround involving dragging the fill swatch art from the swatches panel to the artboard and then working with the bounding shape to create a cropped, repeatable tile for export. We need a button to click inside pattern mode that creates a tile from the artwork inside pattern mode that is perfectly cropped (could be a clipping mask) but will retain all the live content that typically gets expanded when you exit pattern mode. This option should allow you to generate a half-drop tile based on the tile edge or a tile based on the swatch bounds. I'm sure most designers would prefer to be able to use live content (brushes, freeform gradients, and tools like the Eraser in Pattern Mode) but barring that, we really need finished vector tiles with content that's not expanded. And, we need those tiles without the clunky fill swatch bounding shape workaround.
L Coyle
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So that is basically about the automation of clipping, right? 'Flatten clipping'?
Like this one? https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657-illustrator-desktop-feature-requests/suggestions/35456389-convert-a-clipping-mask-into-a-crop — 'convert a clipping mask into a crop'There are several other related request to this:
1. 'Convert a Grid Repeat object to a pattern filled rectangle' https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657-illustrator-desktop-feature-requests/suggestions/41686228-allow-repeat-patterns-to-be-added-to-swatches
2. 'Convert a Grid Repeat object to a pattern filled rectangle' https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657-illustrator-desktop-feature-requests/suggestions/45233863-covert-a-grid-repeat-object-to-a-pattern-filled-re
