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March 16, 2023
Question

Holding shift to make perfect elipse/square/triangle not working

  • March 16, 2023
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Hi guys, 

I'm struggling on my illustrator to create perfect shapes holding shift, it just deforms them and I kinda haven't found any tutorial about that.

I've seen an topic about it on After Effects, but the solution there doesn't apply to this software.

The PC I use in my graphic design course works pretty normal, but I still haven't figured out why it's happening on mine.

I've reinstalled windows and the softwares and the problem persists.

Do any of you know how to solve this? 

Thanks


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5 replies

Anubhav M
Community Manager
Community Manager
March 17, 2023

Hello @Victor2458272155mt,

 

We understand that encountering technical issues can be frustrating. Would you mind checking if your computer is set to use the default scaling (100%) and resolution under Windows Settings and checking if it helps?

 

If the issue persists, kindly share a screen recording of the entire process (drawing the circle/exporting it as a PDF and then viewing it), the exact version of the OS/Illustrator installed, and the system configuration (CPU/GPU/Memory/Display Monitor), so we can investigate this further.

 

Looking forward to your response.

 

Thanks,

Anubhav

Monika Gause
Community Expert
Community Expert
March 16, 2023

Please show a screenshot. So we know what you mean with "deform".

Known Participant
March 16, 2023

The circle look like this when holding shift or shift + alt

Monika Gause
Community Expert
Community Expert
March 16, 2023

That's a perfect circle. Even the measurements show that.

 

Monika Gause
Community Expert
Community Expert
March 16, 2023

Is a perspective grid active?

Known Participant
March 16, 2023

No

Jacob Bugge
Community Expert
Community Expert
March 16, 2023

Victor,

 

You may consider resetting preferences,

https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/setting-preferences.html

 

Known Participant
March 16, 2023

Thanks, but I tried and didn't work :((

Ton Frederiks
Community Expert
Community Expert
March 16, 2023

Do you have any of the snapping options on in the  View menu?

Known Participant
March 16, 2023

I searched here and haven't found.