Make Split Into Grid applied to a path to respect the path’s outline
Did some playing around with Split Into Grid and got an unexpected result. I had hoped a shape would split into a grid but each shape is converted to a square!
Is this what's meant to happen?
Derek Watson
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Derek Watson
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Thanks Egor
It’s not a major thing, just not the behaviour I expected. As you say it’s easy to achieve the expected outcome with or with the split grid tool -
Derek, I changed this into a feature request.
This is not a bug, but an intended behavior (sadly).
At the moment we can workaround it:
1. Isolate the shape
2. Make duplicate in place
3. Select one (any one of two) and apply Split to Grid — this will be moved on top of the stack, sadly
4. Move the split rectangles under the unchanged duplicate with Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+[
5. Select All (since it’s all isolated, nothing extra will be selected
6. Create clipping group with Cmd/Ctrl+7
7. Press Pathfinder > Divide button
Done.
All operations, except for the Isolation step (which is a separate problem), can be recorded into an action.
Plus I’m upvoting the request, since it’d be a nice option to have in the original dialog.
Thanks! -
Derek Watson
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Thats exactly it!
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Derek, I mean, you expected something like this?
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Derek Watson
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I added a video to show whats happening, I expected the shapes to be split but the command changes each shape type into a square.
