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wtucker
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Jul 7, 2017 1:25 AM UTC
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Unwanted Changes to Shape While Resizing an Object

I made an object, but when I resize it, it messes up the geometry.  Note that I don't want to make a finalizing change to the object to fix this issue; I may want to edit it in the future.  Thanks!

      Mohammad.Harb
      Mohammad.HarbCorrect answer
      Community Expert
      Jul 7, 2017 7:21 AM UTC

      in the Transform panel window-> Transform

      before scaling, turn on check box :scale rectangle corners

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      Michela Di Stefano
      Michela Di Stefano
      Inspiring
      Jul 7, 2017 2:18 PM UTC

      Also check the Transform Palette option: Scale Strokes & Effects.

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      monsieur law
      Participant
      Feb 4, 2025 9:50 AM UTC

      Hello, this did not work for me, as when I size up my shape, it doesn't change at first, but it's when I save it and reopen it that the shape has been all messed up. The same goes when I try not to change the size but just use Trim (in Pathfinder).

      Any solution to what I'm doing wrong? Especially since I've been doing this for a while, and it didn’t happen so often. 

      Thank you very much

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      monsieur law
      Participant
      Feb 4, 2025 9:56 AM UTC

      I think I found where my problem is. It seems to be because I'm saving it.SVG (which I need to do because I'm then importing them on Blender) So I guess my question is, how do I prevent that ? 

      Thank you very much again.

       

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      Mohammad.Harb
      Community Expert
      Mohammad.HarbCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
      Community Expert
      Jul 7, 2017 7:21 AM UTC

      in the Transform panel window-> Transform

      before scaling, turn on check box :scale rectangle corners

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      wtuckerAuthor
      Participant
      Jul 7, 2017 8:51 PM UTC

      Mohammad's answer worked the best for me, thanks!

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      rcraighead
      rcraighead
      Legend
      Jul 7, 2017 9:06 PM UTC

      Yes, it works, but Barbara's observation is very important. Using the wrong tool to create the initial object will inevitably lead to issues down the road. You could also greatly simplify your artwork by taking advantage of the Appearance Panel to add multiple attributes to a single stroke.

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      barbara_a7746676
      Community Expert
      barbara_a7746676Community Expert
      Community Expert
      Jul 7, 2017 5:44 AM UTC

      It looks like the outer circles were created with the round corner rectangle tool with a large corner radius. Normally a circle would have 4 anchor points, but yours has more than 4 points.

      Use the Ellipse tool instead.

      Shape created with round corner rectangle tool:

      Shape created with ellipse tool:

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