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    Robin commented  · 

    Hi Egor --

    I looked into what you said and did some digging on my own. The issue I have is that I have to use CADs that are quite old and worked on by other people, so there do tend to be things like empty layers and old groups with just a single object in them. This solution usually works for me now:

    --Direct select one object and attempt to eyedropper.
    --Doesn't work. I can assume the object is in a useless group.
    --Hit "ungroup" command+shift+G once or twice. This should clear out the useless group
    --Use eyedropper again and it typically works.

    I hope this helps other people having the same problem. Thank you for all your thoughts on this! It was really annoying me.

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    Robin commented  · 

    I can't get the screen recording to post right now but I will work on that

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    Robin commented  · 

    Hi Egor -

    Sorry for the delay. Here's an AI file and I am going to try to also post another screen recording so you understand what I am doing

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    Robin commented  · 

    Egor--
    I read your comment and have been experimenting with your suggestions. Checking / unchecking the Appearance options in the eye dropper tool does sometimes help, but it's very inconsistent. Just now I was having this issue again and the eyedropper wasn't working no matter how I had the appearance option configured. But I do thank you for your reply!

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