Do not force manually edited round corners into arcs when another round corner is made
Suddenly (Since updating to 30.8.1, but continued still in the same fashion after updating to 31.0) when I micro adjust a point from a pulled corner, and then go on to the next sharp corner to pull a radius, it adjusts the other corners automatically. I am NOT clicking any other keys when this occurs.
I have been using this rounded corners/radius feature since it was first released, and the corners adjusting individually is a KEY part of my workflow. I am struggling to navigate how to prevent this, it continues even if the shape is expanded (preserving stroke). Previously the micro adjustments I made on a corner would remain regardless of how I treated other corners.
I have attached a screen recording.
Mac mini, M2 Pro chip
macOS 15.7.4
Sara
shared this idea
-
This is very similar to the problem reported here: https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/44344011
Ai does not remember each corner, it detects them, each time a path gets selected or modified, — with some tolerance (the value we can’t customize). This edited corner’s relative change you demonstrated is so tiny that it falls within this tolerance, and Ai corrects the rounding, to make it into an arc.
I see no way to stop Ai forcing it with the native widgets, except for using external scripts or plugins that use different approaches. Another thing you can do (a cumbersome one, I know) is to cut the path in either of two anchors the corner is having (and I’d isolate the path first to easier assemble it back, with Cmd+J). -
Sara
commented
It wouldn't post my original concern with any attachment, so I've attached it here.
