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Pamplemuss
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November 7, 2018
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How to ideally joint objects

  • November 7, 2018
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Hi there,

How can I joint the objects corners together flawlessly, without any gaps? I need to have it like this

but with all my trying I can get only this

(both docs are RGB mode)

I made increment as minimum (0,001 px), I tried both with "Snap to point" and without it, I tried to adjust the corners  with Direct Selection -- nothing, it's always too big step and therefore it's always this gap between the corners.  Why is that?

Thanks !

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    Correct answer Jacob Bugge

    Pamplemuss,

    In cases like this, the first guess is Align to Pixel Grid / Pixel perfect art .

    From CC 2017 on, you can see the options and behaviour here:

    https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/pixel-perfect.html

    For earlier versions, you may select everything and then untick Align to Pixel Grid in the Transform palette, and also untick Align New Objects to Pixel Grid in the flyout options. It is crucial that the box is completely unticked, not just a - which also counts as ticked.

    It may be noted that even if Align to Pixel Grid is unticked with all objects selected, as long as Align New Objects to Pixel Grid is ticked the creation of new objects will result in those new objects being aligned, even when they are created from existing objects as may happen with Pathfinder operations.

    You may avoid document types with that as default (RGB for web and the like) or change the default for such documents.

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    Jacob Bugge
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    Jacob BuggeCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    November 7, 2018

    Pamplemuss,

    In cases like this, the first guess is Align to Pixel Grid / Pixel perfect art .

    From CC 2017 on, you can see the options and behaviour here:

    https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/pixel-perfect.html

    For earlier versions, you may select everything and then untick Align to Pixel Grid in the Transform palette, and also untick Align New Objects to Pixel Grid in the flyout options. It is crucial that the box is completely unticked, not just a - which also counts as ticked.

    It may be noted that even if Align to Pixel Grid is unticked with all objects selected, as long as Align New Objects to Pixel Grid is ticked the creation of new objects will result in those new objects being aligned, even when they are created from existing objects as may happen with Pathfinder operations.

    You may avoid document types with that as default (RGB for web and the like) or change the default for such documents.

    Pamplemuss
    Known Participant
    November 8, 2018

    Thanks a lot!

    Jacob Bugge
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    November 8, 2018

    You are welcome, Pamplemuss.

    BeanFactory
    Participating Frequently
    November 7, 2018

    There are a few other things that affect snapping besides just the snapping menu. Go to view>perspective grid and see if snapping is turned on there too. Turning it off can help: