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Repeat > Grid only works with "Proportional Shapes"?

Forum|Forum|1 year ago
July 25, 2024
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I am running into a bit of frustration with the Repeat > Grid command.

I wanted to experiment with rectangle shapes but it seems it's only working with "regular" / 'proportional" kinds of shapes like "Squares" and "Circles"? Here is a screen capture of three kinds of shapes obtained through the Repeat > Grid command. As you can see, the "Squares" and "Circles" behave as expected but the "Oval" at the bottom is not being "honored" by the command? All I get is a kind of "Step and Repeat":

Is it possible that it only honors what are considered as "Shapes"?

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Looks like your "Non-proportional" sample in the screenshot is a selection of two (or more) separate Repeat objects.

Can you share a sample Illustrator file in case that does not apply?

Roger BretonAuthor

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Here:
Test Repeat Grid.ai

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Thanks for the sample file.

When you zoom in a bit the Repeat widgets should appear.

Obviously, this is a bug in conjunction with the zoom level (not with the actual objects).

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Seems to work with wathever object I start with.

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These shapes are still ellipses:

Roger BretonAuthor

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I agree, Monika.

But, depending how the "Ellipŝe" is contructed with the Ellipse tool, Repeat does not work:

This "Ellipse", for example, does not Repeat.