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jessicas65041376
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June 17, 2015
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Resize artboard to fit object in Illustrator CC 2015

  • June 17, 2015
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In the past I have been able to easily resize my artboard to fit the dimensions of my art simply by double clicking on the desired object using the artboard tool. After upgrading to CC 2015, I was sad to find that this functionality has been removed. Anyone know if there is a workaround or how I might easily do this without manually adjusting the artboard? Like so many things I'm noticing in CC 2015, this change totally bugs.

Thanks!

    Correct answer Jacob Bugge

    Jessica, others,

    Just to make sure, what happens if you disable the GPU Performance by clicking the Rocket Icon in the App bar and deselecting the GPU Performance check box?

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    jamesw44959012
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    July 31, 2019

    Brilliant !!!

    I would never have found this solution.

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    k10metz
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    January 12, 2018

    File>Document set up>Edit Artboard.

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    usedave
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    November 11, 2015

    As in all other versions of illustrator, and I have used them all. This is a new issue. I can only guess that I am not explaining it correctly, because it is very different than anything I have experienced before.

    Ton Frederiks
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    Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
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    November 11, 2015

    Maybe time to reset your preferences,

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    usedave
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    November 11, 2015

    Haha - well, that appears to have done the trick! Such a simple solution.

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    usedave
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    November 11, 2015

    None of these fixes work for me. It is treating artwork on every dartboard as one giant dartboard, so when I select, say, dartboard one and go to "fit to artwork bounds", it makes one giant artboard fitting the bounds of all artwork on all boards. So unbelievably frustrated by this.

    Ton Frederiks
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    Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
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    November 11, 2015

    Be careful with what you select.

    You cannot do a simple Select All, or click on the Layer to select it's contents.

    By Selecting All or Selecting the Layer you are actually selecting everything on all artboards (or everything on that layer on all artboards).

    By Selecting a single object and choosing Fit to artwork bounds, you will fit to all artwork in your document.

    Just select the objects on a single artboard and choose Object > Artboards > Fit to Selected Art

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    usedave
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    November 11, 2015

    In the past, whatever was on the artboard was what the artboard would resize to. I need only select that artboard, and Illustrator knew what objects were on it and resized accordingly. I have tried now selecting items on the artboard to see if that will work, and it does not. Every time, no matter what workaround I attempt, I end up with one huge artboard encompassing all of the art on all other artboards.

    Jacob Bugge
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    Jacob BuggeCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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    June 24, 2015

    Jessica, others,

    Just to make sure, what happens if you disable the GPU Performance by clicking the Rocket Icon in the App bar and deselecting the GPU Performance check box?

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      marjao71875766
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      June 24, 2015

      That helped, thanks!! Still not working quite like it used to, but close enough.

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      jujubeeez
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      June 24, 2015

      I have just installed Illustrator CC 2015 today without realizing it and this issue completely ruined my mood as I had a couple deadlines to meet. I cannot 1-click to create the correct-sized artboard anymore and when I spam my left click, the previous artboard (orignally on another piece of artwork) moves to the new artwork instead of creating a new artboard. I hope this isn't permanent because this is not efficient at all.

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      marjao71875766
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      June 18, 2015

      I have the same issue. A couple of times I've managed to get the artboard to "fit to selected art" by doubleclicking, but it basically just changes the location & size of the artboard created just before that. Really frustrating when creating large amount of assets! Also combined with the bug (?) with svgs, I'm really disappointed with the product.

      Is this a bug, if it works with some and not with others? I'm using CC 2015.0.0 / 19.0.0 / Mac.

      Ton Frederiks
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      Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
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      June 17, 2015

      Jessica,

      seems to work for me in CC 2015.

      But you can also choose: Objects > Artboards > Fit to Selected Art

        neilm91259646
        neilm91259646
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        June 6, 2018

        One of the greatest tips I have ever read.

        Thank you!

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