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Asterixx
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August 10, 2024
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object with only filling change to open path after PDF export

  • August 10, 2024
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hello,

I use a version before CC so perhaps this has been corrected, but: when I create some shapes that are just fillings (like circles or painted fillings) and save as PDF (not matter which), and open this PDF in some other vector software (Affinity Designer, Inkscape) this object is then an open path because the start/end node is not one single node anymore but TWO :). Is this a known issue and does it matter for printing?

Also the other way around by the way: if I create such a shape  in Designer or also in CorelDraw and open it in Illustrator, then Illustrator says the path is open and finds two anchors instead of one.

First I thought this is because of my old version of Illustrator, but it's also the case from some newer software to each other.

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Correct answer Ton Frederiks

This is very interesting, thank you very much. Just to know: so you used the Illustrator CC and reproduced a circle and exported as PDF (e.g. PDF/X) and then the path is open?

Yes, the additional point is because the start/end point becomes two points over each other.

And another question to you: how did you get then the information about the path after export, in Illustrator or is there any way to read this from a PDF elsewhere (like in Acrobat or any preflight)?

 

(yes Monika, also a little bit a Acrobat question but I would like to keep the context here together, and as Ton Frederiks showed it's perhaps even more an Illustrator topic)


Yes, I saved the circle as PDF and unchecked Illustrator Editing Capabilities to make sure that the PDF part was used during opening.

I closed the file and opened the PDF.

Using Window > Document Info with Selection Only and Objects, you can see the number of points and if the path is open or closed.

I also created a circle in InDesign, saved as PDF, opened in Illustrator and got 5 points and an open path (although the opening was at the bottom instead of to the right).

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Monika Gause
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Monika GauseCommunity Expert
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August 10, 2024

Please save such a PDF and share it on the forum.

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AsterixxAuthor
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August 10, 2024

thank you, I will do - but actually my goal is not really to defend my old CS4 usage, because it's really old :). But it would be more interesting, probably also for other users, to know if this is still the case today with the newest CC version.

 

As mentioned it's not about a large complicated drawing but only about 1 object, a simple circle without outline but only filling. Perhaps somebody with the new CC version could confirm that a circle saved as PDF can be opened by other software like Inkscape and Designer normally or also as open paths with double anchors.

 

Also the other way I can't really test here as there is no Illustrator CC trial version (without signing a contract). So it would also be interesting if a PDF with the circle from CorelDraw e.g. can be opened in Illustrator normally.

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AsterixxAuthor
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August 10, 2024

Here as promised the file. It reads as open path in Affinity Designer and in Inkscape.

Interesting: it reads correctly in CorelDraw althouth the other way around a circle from CorelDraw as PDF reads in Illustrator as open path :).

Is all this still today in Illustrator CC the case?

And (perhaps even more important) is the concept of start/end anchor and closed paths important when I just do normal printing (no cutting) and don't need further editing?

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