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dannylelieveld
dannylelieveld
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June 23, 2014
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Illustrator cc 2014 grid snap problem

  • June 23, 2014
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Since Updating to the whole cc2014 suite last week, grid snapping in Illustrator has been terrible. Literally Nothing really snaps to the grid.


Does anyone share this problem? Anyone has a solution to this?

And Yes, i've turned off 'align to pixel grid'.

I'm working on a mac with OSX 10.9.3 running.

Thanks in advance!

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    Correct answer Monika Gause

    It's not a bug.

    New rectangles are always live rectangles. Live rectangles cannot be aligned to the pixel grid because it would break them.

    What you need to do is convert your live rectangles to paths (using the command in Object > Shape) and then align them to the pixel grid (by checking the option in the transform panel). You can do this for all of them at once.

    40 replies

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    deach5
    Inspiring
    June 21, 2016

    How is this a thing!

    It is insane that i am searching for "how do I snap to grid in illustrator"

    And you got rid of fireworks!

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    El_Greazy_1
    Participating Frequently
    April 1, 2016

    Do we have any resolve on this? I've tried many of the options here with no luck.

    I'm completely unable to snap to points, as well.

    This lack of being able to snap has really hampered my workflow. Everything from pattern design, illustration, UI layout, etc I can't seem to work properly anymore. The simple task of even placing two rectangles next to each other has become so tedious and/or takes way to many manual inputs to complete an otherwise simple task. This is debilitating! How is it that Photoshop's shape/point snapping is better than Illustrator and it's raster based software?

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      kobietae81367959
      Participant
      February 29, 2016

      I have the same problem (((((

      Illustrator team, PLEASE FIX THIS ISSUE

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      nortondesigns
      Participant
      February 29, 2016

      Turn off 'Align New Objects to Pixel Grid' in the options menu under the Transform panel. That should do the trick.

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      kobietae81367959
      Participant
      March 1, 2016

      @bnortonwaverider23Ok, I turned off - https://i.gyazo.com/ce0dd99ea000c723880262d36f42412a.png

      And...?

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      GlennRowan
      Participant
      September 17, 2015

      Adobe please fix this problem, it's getting extremely annoying!

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        thesergie
        Participating Frequently
        July 13, 2015

        I take back my earlier comment. Snapping problem still persists for the new "rectangles" in Illustrator. Please add an option in the settings (cmd+k) to create the simple rectangles using the rectangle tool.

          allang66031374
          allang66031374
          Participant
          July 7, 2015

          I'm still new at this. I've used CS 4 for years but just "upgraded" to CC. I am having the snap problem and have tried everything. Help!!!!

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          Thydell
          Participant
          July 7, 2015

          Make 'Alignment Guides' is ticked in Preferences > Smart Guides.

          tidjitall
          tidjitall
          Participant
          July 4, 2015

          This behaviour is so annoying and frustrating!

          I also started using Sketch... Overall resizing behaviour is a total headache now in Ai, even the Pathfinder tool a pain to use with this, I just can't keep turning on and off that option every single time I'm working with a shape!

          I can't believe Adobe is willing to lose illustrator users to Sketch for such a basic feature that causes so much problem for no reason.. very bad UX decision on this.

          Adobe or Illustrator team, PLEASE FIX THIS

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          stephendevone
          Participant
          July 3, 2015

          I'm also have problems, especially with text boxes and selecting objects next to text boxes, can you uninstall and go back a version...

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          thesergie
          Participating Frequently
          July 3, 2015

          I'm also have problems, especially with text boxes and selecting objects next to text boxes, can you uninstall and go back a version...

          The snapping and align to grid issue for these new rectangle shapes was fixed in the second release of CC 2014 (version 18.00).

          LauriAaltio
          LauriAaltio
          Known Participant
          February 9, 2015

          Hi!

          its amazingly shitty product, snap really doesnt work! how is it possible! when I copy Alt Control a line and try to move it , it doesn snap to grid! amazingly shitty product. i paid for this crab! shame on you adobe.

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