Illustrator (Desktop) Bugs
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86 results found
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Dashed lines changing style when exporting to SVG
The latest update to AI has caused this issue. When exporting an svg with dashed lines, the svg's dashed lines either disappear or become dotted lines.
Operating System: Windows 10 Enterprise
Adobe Illustrator version: 27.0
Steps:
1) Open Adobe Illustrator
2) Create a new file
3) Draw a line
4) Open the properties window by going to Window > Properties
5) Click on the Stroke option
6) Check "Dashed Line" on
7) Set the first "dash" to 10
8) Make sure the rest of the "gap" and "dash" options are blank
9) Go to File > Export > Export As…5 votes -
"Align dash to corners and path ends" is broken in 2022.
See title.
Here's two screengrabs of 2021 and 2022 with the following done in them:
- Draw an 800x800 pt circle in the middle of the canvas.
- Set the stroke to 800px wide, black, dashed line on, 12pt in the first dash box, no other gaps/dashes, turn on "align dash to corners and path ends".
2021 renders evenly, as expected, 2022 has the dashes at weird off-kilter angles.
2022 will render evenly if I switch to "preserve exact dash and gap lengths".
Observed on 26.0.2, both with my usual plugins and with them removed, maybe i'll try updating later today to…
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Line width tool issues
When changing the line width with the "Width Tool", it creates little triangles in the line and distorts all the corners.
5 votes -
New update, stroke profile bug
Just got the latest update and now my Width profile 3 on stroke settings is adding these little rounded bumps to the corners that were (prior to update) sharp. The end points are also slightly curved. Right side does not have bumps but has same curve when points on this profile used to be sharp. All of my settings and prefs have stayed the same. I use this stroke profile alot so I noticed this issue right away. Please fix. Photo attached.
Thanks
5 votes -
Can't change size of stroke
Can't change size of stroke
5 votes -
Scale strokes box keeps unchecking
The "Scale Strokes and Effects" box keeps becoming unchecked making it necessary for me to check preferences for each document.
4 votes -
Stroke Aligned to Outside of Filled Shape and Fill of Shape Not Aligned
When aligning a stroke to the outside of a fill area, there are areas in which the fill area is incompletely filled, or the fill extends beyond the stroke.
Mac OS 12.0.1 (21A559)
Illustrator 26.2.14 votes -
Stroke scale is calculated wrong when resizing an object with the bounding box
When scaling artwork by dragging a corner (I used the upper right corner) the strokes get messed up. In the included image the left logo has strokes and fills. The right logo has strokes converted to paths. When I reduce the image down 50% using the numerical scale menu by double clicking the scale tool it turns out fine as the top 2 show. Below that are 2 logos I scaled by dragging the top right corner and holding option shift keys. The logo with the stroke shows the outline being much smaller. If I select the 2 the top…
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More than 32,000 anchor points can be added to a single path
The pathPoint limit is 32,000, and if we try to continue drawing a path from the end of a PathItem with the pen tool, a dialog box will appear and refuse to add anchor points, but we can add anchor points to the segments in between.
macOS 14.7.2
Illustrator ver. 29.3.1Step to reproduce
1. Create a path object in a new document.
2. Add 32,000 anchor points to the path object.
3. Click on any segment with the pen tool. We can add anchor points even if the number of anchor points exceeds 32000 (the number of segments exceeds…3 votes -
Dashed strokes in SVG are set to 0 when reopening in Ai, but are displayed correctly in the browser
1) Windows 11 / Windows 10 with Adobe Illustrator 28.4.1
2)
1. Open a new document
2. Draw a line with line tool
3. Set line to dashed with 10 5 1 5
4. Export file as SVG
5. Close file in Illustrator and reopen it in illustrator.
3) Expected result: Line still has dashing of 10 5 1 5 in Ai and in the browser
4) Actual result: Line has dashing of 0 0 0 0 0 0 in Ai, but looks correct in the browser3 votes -
Stroke arrowheads mislabeled
When changing the arrowheads on a stroke, the dropdown option images don't match the actual icon for the stroke arrowhead. It seems the the same arrowhead icon is previewing in the dropdown for multiple different selections. What you select is not what you get.
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OBJECT > EXPAND creates SPIKES in geometry
I use Illustrator to create emboss patterns for production tooling. When delivering my patterns, all geometry must be EXPANDED and represented as real vector lines so that the engravers can mill out the tool.
Recently, when I EXPAND the patterns I make (OBJECT > EXPAND), I'm starting to see random SPIKES in my outlined strokes when using the EXPAND tool in the menu. This problem is reproducible on my machine, but it does appear to be random. Sometimes it does it, and sometimes it doesn't. My vector curve is stroked at 0.03 inches.
This problem is causing CRITICAL delays in…
3 votes -
Stroke visible across all assets in a layer
Stroke lines are visible throughout the layer despite being aligned behind all objects. Have tried relentlessly to fix this issue - unsure how to proceed.
3 votes -
Width Stroke gets lost with Draw Inside mode
When we draw inside an object the stroke from the object loose any width variations, that feature will help a lot.
3 votes -
Select strokes by clicking anywhere on their stroke, no just the 'path' central part.
It gets tedious really quick having to always be accurate and select the invisible central 'path' of a stroke - why not allow us to select a stoke by clicking on any part of it, of it's pixels rendered on the screen. Like Freehand by macromedia used to allow. Just add it as an option in preferences.
So if you have a Red 20px thick stroke, you can select it by clicking on any of the red stroke as rendered on screen, rather than having to slow down time and space to be super accurate and guess where that central…
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why did you just add 3 steps to a simple process
changing line weight in illustrator was simple: you have a 1 point line, you click the down of the up and down arrows on the left. It changes to .75, then .5 etc. Easy.
Now you click the down arrow on the left and it goes blank! So I click the only arrow on the right for the list of sizes (which is a down arrow for no apparent reason) and the list starts at 1 point so I have to scroll up to see the smaller sizes. then click the one I want. why? Why would the programmers of…
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Glitch in outlining a dotted stroke
macOS Catalina 10.15.1 Illustrator 2020
I made a line, applied dashed line, adjusted gap(2,4) and dash(0,01) to make it look like dots and outlined. Random dots have been cut in half after outlining.
It never happened to me before.3 votes -
Strokes with a profile and have the rounded corners selected end up having pointy corners
The corners of my strokes should have a rounded corner but the moment I adjust the profile with the width tool they turn all pointy
2 votes -
clicking on stroke color in properties box adds fill to stroke
When trying to change stroke color, the properties box shows nothing in the RGB boxes. Clicking in them adds a fill to the stroke which is unwanted. Edit Gradient controls were buggy too
Mac OS Sonoma 14.7.1
illustrator v29.1 ( updated two days ago)2 votes -
Stroke appears to have Brush applied with no actual Brush
When I am in ANY artboard, I draw a .0139" x .0139" OR 1px x 1px square to center my artboard. I zoom in to as far as I can to then pull my ruler from top left to center the artwork on the page.
2 things,
1 the square (1px x 1px) appears to have a brush stroke on it as it does NOTAND
I cannot pull the centering tool (in ruler, Ctl-R ) onto my artboard to then center the coordinates.
2 votesGPU mode Ai uses by default is fast, but can be imprecise at high zoom levels. To see the art the way it’s drawn, with no precision rounding artifacts, toggle it to CPU mode instead.
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