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  1. 3D rotation tool like XD and reedit primitive shapes

    3D rotation tool like XD please!
    And, the option to reedit a primitive shape (like a star for example). Changing the number of points at anytime.
    ...like Xd already does.
    It's sad that I've been asking for this feature since decades, and now, a new software can do it, instead of the "cutting edge" vectorial software...
    And, the most ridiculous, inside the same company.

    2 votes
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  2. Drawing like in CAD

    Hi Team, I use also CAD Software and drawing sketches is in most CAD SW more sophisticated than drawing in AI. I mean e.g. when drawing a circle in CAD you can just drop on and then define the origin and radius etc. This coordinate based parametric drawing in CAD is straight forward. So in the end I think drawing sketches like they are drawn in CAD like SolidWorks or Alibre would improve AI a lot. Regards Dirk

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  3. Make the Free Transform tool respect the pattern-transformation hotkey.

    With every other transformation tool in Illustrator, you can hold down the `/~ key to affect just the pattern applied to the shape - the Rotate, Scale, and Shear tools, dragging it around with one of the Selection arrows, bumping it around with the arrow keys.

    But not with the Free Transform tool. The Free Transform tool doesn't know about this switch that every other tool has. Probably because it was implemented long after the others, and nobody involved in it knew about this behavior.

    Today I got to explain this to yet another a new user who wanted to…

    2 votes
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  4. Show length of path

    Need to know the exact length of paths, Paths at angles, can't tell length when need to change all, no way to adjust by length. Seems like a basic thing but can't find it anywhere.

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  5. Pencil tool

    I want ex pencil tool back.
    Ex pencil tool was that retouching the line by pencil tools can make the line smooth. Now, even the setting is the most smooth, retouching can not make the line smooth...
    It was really easy way to make the line smooth without pushing option button to use smoother.

    2 votes
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  6. Set exact dimensions to one object in a group that affects the entire group.

    Example: I have 3 squares. 2 large ones and one small one overlapping the two. (see picture)
    The task is to set the small red square to exactly 140 x 140 mm without losing the proportions in size or position to the blue or green box.

    I want an exact scale up where the end result is that the red square is 140 mm x 140 mm.
    I can use rulers, but the small square doesn't snap since it isn't touching the bounding box. Using this I can eyeball it and get a result like 140.062 x 140.062 mm. I…

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  7. AI 2021: Can't see previous path outline while transforming

    It took me awhile to be sure I was remembering this right (even though I have over two decades of experience with AI), but I feel sure of it now: the ability to see the present state of a path while you are dragging or transforming it has disappeared. This is a major problem — I have always relied on that path to, for example, shrink something in one dimension while not affecting any other.

    I looked through the Preferences and View options carefully, I don't think I'm just missing it. I guess maybe the AI team thought they were helping…

    2 votes
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  8. Straight lines with Eraser tool

    Many users have been asking for this feature for a long time: draw a line between two points with the eraser freely, without it being at 45°.
    Why is that not possible? Like drawing with solid lines, without having to convert the contour line thickness (like the Blob Brush). Or constrain the brush as a spot between two precise places, which would amount to the same.

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  9. Add a "meniscus" or converging corner type, or rather, the ability to flip corner rounding

    It would be really handy to have a corner type whereby the selected points "converge" forward, rather than backwards. While thinking about this, I also thought it would be really handy to have "LEFT/RIGHT" arrow keys be able to "flip" corner rounding in and out, in addition to the "UP/DOWN" switching corner types.

    Just saying, this would be a really cool product feature for many people, and probably not too hard to implement!

    2 votes
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  10. warp tool - bloat tool

    I have several suggestions on this tool :
    1 - warp tool and bloat tool should have the same sensitivity. Now, with the same intensity they react extremly differently. I often have to open the dialog box, which is laborious so :
    2 - Find a way to adjust the tool without opening the dialog box,
    ALt + click = change the size
    Alt + Shift + click = change the size proportionaly
    Alt + Ctrl + click = change the intensity and voilà!
    3 - Is there a way to keep my tool setting, because it is very laborious…

    2 votes
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  11. Screenshot without the high light going off when i drag my curser over the screen!

    I need a clean screenshot. I need the screenshot without the high light going off when I drag my cursor over the screen! Yes. I try using preference and turn off the highlights. It didn't work. It would be great if you have a clear button that states the "SHUT OFF ALL HIGH LIGHTS INFO" button on the preference page.

    2 votes
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  12. Mirrored Live Sketch

    Like Procreate Symmetry tool so you can draw on a vertical half and have the mirrored side reflected as you draw. Essential for technical product design/apparel design sketches, where we usually draw in halves, then duplicate and mirror. Would expedite process and allow for changes that may be desirable, as one previews full proportions.

    2 votes
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  13. Use Precision Cursors

    I just got a screen tablet. The "Use Precision" cursor is too big. The X gets in my way in the same manner as the brush cursor.

    I'd like to see several options aside from just an X. A fine reticle, a simple dot or circle, etc. Additionally, pls incorporate a sizing option for each fine precision icon.

    2 votes
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  14. Make "Increase Diameter" and "Decrease Diameter" hotkeys work for Warp / Bloat / Wrinkle and other tools

    Other tools (eg. 'Blob Brush Tool', Blob Brush Erasor Tool', etc.) take the default shortcuts for scale up and down. On my setup that's ] for increase size and [ for decrease size. Multiple tools share those keys, and that's great.

    The Warp tool doesn't do this - you have to manually go into the tool preferences to change the scale. This breaks flow and wastes time.

    The Warp Tool is a nice idea. It would be a very good tool - if it was fully implimented.

    While we're at it, it could also be improved if it had an…

    2 votes
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  15. Auto trace for procreate images please and thanks

    Please make an auto trace for procreate. It would be a total solid! And it would enable me to get more done and price my work cheaper for my clients.

    2 votes
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  16. Transformations with constrained randomizations

    Randomize transformations but constrain them to multiples of set increments, eg 45°, 20° or 2mm, 10mm. Randomize colors. Apply transform to a percentage of objects (or a random percentage). Apply random to each transform individually, eg, rotate, move, not globally as now.

    2 votes
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  17. pencil tool - enable keep selection shortcut

    A shortcut to enable or disable "keep selection" for the pencil tool. Now it is quite laborious to open each time the tool option window and check "keep selection".

    2 votes
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  18. Stretching objects

    A stretch function allows to e.g. move a door in a wall. The door is moved, one wall is enlarged and the other wall is shortened. This is done by drawing a box through the walls and around the door, and then by moving the selection. Object that are completely within the selection are moved. Object that cross the selection box are stretched.

    2 votes
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  19. More appropriate way of having straight lines and adding arrow head easily

    I am an academic and use straight lines and block diagrams for illustrating my methodologies. Although having a rectangle or square is super easy, it is not straightforward to create straight line or arrowhead. Please make sure these features can be used appropriately. Thanks

    2 votes
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  20. Update Blob Brush Tool Please with Refined Corners

    Can you please add the feature of blog brush for clean drawings? Like no edges something like a paintbrush tool but an enhanced version. Please check the attachment for what I mean.. Just simply all lines joined together so it not create a mess. Thank You

    2 votes
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