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Inspiring
January 16, 2020
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Closing Curvature Tool Path in Illustrator 2020 on macOS Catalina?

  • January 16, 2020
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I’m running Illustrator 2020 on a Mac with Catalina.  I’d like to draw a closed path with the Curvature Tool.  When I bring the cursor back to the starting point, the little circle appears as expected but when I click on the starting point, the curve doesn’t close. If I hover over the anchor point, the cursor changes to a crosshair shape briefly but the Curvature Tool just wants to continue with the curve.

 

I’ve tried adjusting the selection tolerance and rubber-banding options, but nothing allows me to close the loop as simply as the tutorials portray.  Does anyone have an ideas how I can get the Curvature Tool to perform correctly again?

 

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Rishabh_Tiwari
Legend
January 16, 2020

Hi there,

 

Thanks for reaching out. This is unusual after that small circle appears if we click on the starting point which means we are closing the path. Will it be possible for you to share a small video of what exactly happening at your end.

 

Regards

Rishabh

Skierx333Author
Inspiring
January 16, 2020

Please look at this short video.  I’m finding the response is inconsistent, as the video shows.  At this point, I would  like to know if it’s operator error or if there’s something I can set to make it more reliable.

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/mr1xu404q16e6cb/example.mov?dl=0

Skierx333Author
Inspiring
February 4, 2020

Again, thanks for helping.  At this point, I have updated/upgraded everything I can think of, I have reset the Wacom tablet preferences and have tried various tolerance settings within Illustrator.  The ability to close a path with the Curvature Tool remains noticeably less reliable than 100%, occasionally it closes as it should, most times it does not.  I’m crippling along…


Wacom just improved their tablet drivers so I upgraded.  That did not improve my ability to close a path made with the Curvature Tool.

 

I’ve been noticing the Curvature Tool’s ability to close a path is sporadic with four points but 100% reliable with more than four points.  Should I just add redundant points to close the path and delete them later if necessary?