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IvuDeveloper
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June 24, 2014
Question

Restore snap-to-grid behaviour for path handles

  • June 24, 2014
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Hi,

one of the new features in AI CC 2014 is path handles ignoring any grid. However, when one wants to construct C2-contious joins between seperate objects, precise control over the handle position is needed. I do a lot of icon and sprite art, and there it is imperative that curves from differnent objects flow exactly the same to create a smoth transition between individual pieces.

How can one restore the ability of handles to snap to the grid like in previous versions of AI?

Reagrds,

Chris

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    krios
    Participant
    May 30, 2015

    Extremely frustrating indeed guys. For the time being I've been using Inkscribe plugin to compensate for this pain point.

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      alexy35844471
      Participant
      May 22, 2015

      Will this be coming back in a patch any time soon or will we have to wait for a whole new version wherein it will be touted as a new feature? This feels like a car company removing power steering to "enhance the customer experience."

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        AndyQ
        Known Participant
        May 23, 2015

        Nothing wrong with no power steering, especially in a nice, light sports car. This is more like removing the wheels on safety grounds, as you can't have a crash if you're not friggin' moving. Certainly the most mind-numbingly stupid software change I've ever come across in 30 years of using graphics, 3D and video/VFX applications. Why no "checkbox" to select whether you want to snap or not? If I ever meet the [@#] that made this change I will have stern words with them, maybe also involving my size 14 combat boots.

          timeasley
          timeasley
          Known Participant
          May 3, 2015

          Just adding to this in case Adobe bother to read it. I hate this "feature". There is literally no point in forcing it on users. Literally none at all. The workaround I use right now is to install CC as well as CC 2014 and just do the work in that then copy to CC, but that's a really stupid thing to have to do, plus it's really stupid to have to resort to having two versions of Illustrator running at the same time.

          I've yet to talk to anyone at all in the entire world who likes this idiotic feature. So perhaps you could just change it back?

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          Brad S.
          Known Participant
          May 3, 2015

          I'd love to know which members of the Adobe Illustrator dev team thought this was a good idea. When presenting new ideas who said, "yeah, that's a fantastic idea!"? It's so completely devoid of logic that I would have sworn it was a bug, but it seems it was actually a conscious decision by someone at Adobe.

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          AndyQ
          Known Participant
          May 3, 2015

          Agreed. Whoever decided this was a good idea needs a proper slap in the noggin'. Surely even the densest skull might have considered the possibility that snapping to a grid could be beneficial in at least some circumstances.  The lack of thought is mind-boggling. How about a simple check box in the control panel or whatever it's called (and why don't all tool options appear in this supposedly context-sensitive panel?)

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          AndyQ
          Known Participant
          May 3, 2015

          Is this still not fixed? Thank gawd I've still got CS6 installed (and CorelDraw, which I think Adobe could learn a few things from). I'm surprised this issue isn't making more people angry....snapping the handles to grid is essential for creating perfect and consistent shapes (as someone mentioned, in type or logo design).

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            beatsforthemind
            Participant
            April 9, 2015

            I just have to put my support in for this issue. It was a great piece of functionality. I can't believe they removed it. I hope they bring it back.

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              Danielvdspuy
              Participant
              February 13, 2015

              It’s things like this that cause customers to leave one platform and move to another. Bad customer experience kills companies; even the biggest. Your users are almost always right. Listen up Adobe!

              UI, UX, branding, typography—they’re all very precise arts, especially in a world of retina/Hi DPI screens and mobile devices.

              If you can’t snap your curves in Illustrator, then precision or coherence is incredibly difficult to achieve.

              I’m not trying to guilt-trip the devs here, I just want to know if they’re working on it. We want the option to turn snap on and off for path handles/splines.

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                Petros_
                Known Participant
                February 12, 2015

                SO FRUSTRATING that this feature was removed. There's also another thread on this: Have anchor points snap to grid changed?

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                  MarkCX
                  Participant
                  February 11, 2015

                  Insane that this was removed without adding an option in preferences. Snapping handles to the grid is imperative for precise icon and logo design.

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                    pacey-j
                    Inspiring
                    February 2, 2015

                    Just adding my voice to this. Its incredibly annoying and more ridiculous still that its been an issue since June. Please give us a modifier key to restore the old behaviour for handles.

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                      Nolle Macbook
                      Participant
                      January 13, 2015

                      First of all, let's just hope Adobe fixes this issue in the next version. My workaround:

                      1. Turn on Snap to Grid and the Grid and using Guides create your own grid. Tedious work, but handles actually still snap to the intersection of Guides.

                      2. In the Preference panel, choose your Guides color to match the Grid color. This way you won't notice the difference.

                      3. Turn off the Grid but leave Snap to Grid on for easy anchor placement.

                      4. Name the layer you did this on 'Grid' or something. Do not lock this layer, otherwise this improvised 'handle snapping feature' won't work.

                      5. Create a new layer on top of your 'Grid' layer. This new layer will be the first layer to work on.

                      6. Save this file as a template to do your linework on.

                      Keep in mind that the 'Grid' layer isn't locked, so you could accidentally drag a Guide out of place...

                      Hope this helps!

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                      Nolle Macbook
                      Participant
                      January 13, 2015

                      I forgot something:

                      Make sure you have Snap to Point on!

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