Breaking link of scaled Symbol with "Scale strokes and effects" off will scale Symbol appearance back to original.
Illustrator CC 2018
Windows 10
I have put a Symbol on my Artboard, and scaled it to 50% of its original size.
I want to break its link, and maintain its proportional appearance (i.e. stroke width half of original).
If "Scale strokes and effects" is off, stroke sizes are doubled (back to original value). You have to tick it on for it to work as expected.
Is this a bug or a feature?
In the attached image, to the left is the Symbol (at 50% scale) broken with tick on, to the right off.
Stéphanie Noverraz
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Stéphanie Noverraz
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This is still happening in Illustrator 25.3.1 (on Mac OS Big Sur too).
Here's a video of what's happening.
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Anonymous
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Not addressing your issue, but perhaps related, when I was trying to break link to symbol, it simply would not break when 'scale strokes and effects' was on. I turned it off, and the break link worked.
