brick pattern rotation

[georgiab93344163]

Hi, I need some help in illustrator. i have tall rectangle with a brick texture inserted into it. I want to rotate the pattern only (not the box) so that it alines with the angle and looks like a brick wall from a side view. However, it won't let me rotate the pattern only as you see below in the rotate panel. Why and how do i solve it?

[Mario Arizmendi]

check only the transform patterns option

[georgiab93344163]

I've tried but it won't let me. If you look closer at the rotate panel, the tick boxes and in grey rather than white, meaning I can't change them. This is my problem.

[Mario Arizmendi]

hmmm may be your image is not a patterns at all, check that

[georgiab93344163]

I inserted the brick texture by going to effect, texture, texturizer, then choosing brick from the drop down

[tromboniator · Accepted solution]

The brick pattern you have applied is an effect (fx Texturizer, which can be seen in the Properties panel). In order to control its behavior you'll need to use additional effects, applied through the Appearance panel. You can open the Appearance panel by clicking the three dots below Appearance in the Properties panel, or go to Window > Appearance. In order to understand what has to happen there, you need to spend time reading about it in the Help files.

In essence, this is what you need, substituting whatever angle you need for my +/-15°. The order in which these effects appear is important.

[Monika Gause]

Please check the appearance panel. There might be mutliple fills applied. You need to select the one with the pattern.

[georgiab93344163]

how do i get to the appearance panel

[Jeff Witchel, ACI]

Window menu > Appearance

[Jeff Witchel, ACI]

The brick texture is not a pattern, so it can't be rotated with the Rotate tool. Even it you rotate the entire object the bricks don't rotate.

[Jeff Witchel, ACI]

You could Rasterize the object (Object > Rasterize) and then rotate the entire object

[Lhemz0527]

1. Create you brick wall in front view
   (meaning, without distortion, rotation or skewing)
   
2. Use Effects -> 3D - Rotate
   Set perspective to zero to prevent foreshortening (or tapered look).
   

Hope this helps and simplify your workflow.