Scaling appearance with Transform Effect doesn’t work as expected
MacOS 12.6.3
Illustrator 27.2
Applying scaling transform effect with “Transform Objects” checkmark OFF
and “Scale Strokes and Effects” and “Transform Patterns” ON
doesn’t work properly in some cases, for example:
irregularities in dash/gap lengths are introduced when scaling dashed lines,
arrowheads are not scaled at all,
pattern brushes are not scaled at all,
art brushes are scaled partly (the unstretchable bits are not scaled while the main shaft is scaled).
I would expect the same result as with Scale dialog box with the same settings — this one works perfectly. I want to replicate it as an appearance effect.
Maria
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Attachments misbehave lately
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Yep, I can confirm that.
Arrowheads, pattern brushes, are never scaled, no matter where you put the effect in the stack, and dashes (with the 'align dashes' option enabled) gets scaled weird.Also, there is another problem with scaling an artwork with the Scale tool. If the object you are scaling has several strokes applied to it, only the top or the selected stroke will get scaled with this 'scale everything but object' method.
Take a look at the file attached. The object on top is the original one, the one below is the 'manually scaled' one (only one stroke got affected), and the one on the right is with a live Transform.
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