Detecting and deleting duplicated shapes?

[mjackson83002]

I occasionally get a few duplicate shapes on top of each other. The Shape Builder seems to be the cuptrit. Is there a utility that finds these duplicated shapes and can remove them?

The only way I have found to do this manually is to release all compound shapes and ungroup everything, then select one of each shape, cut all of those to the clipboard, delete the duplicates, and finally paste in front. At that point, I still have to use the make compound command or use the shape builder to open the interior shapes. 

I have Astute Graphics if you know of the feature there.

Looking for a better way. 

MJ

[Anubhav M · Accepted solution]

Hello @mjackson83002,

Thanks for reaching out. Would you mind trying the suggestions shared in this community post (https://adobe.ly/48yIqcH) to check if it helps?
Looking forward to hearing from you.

Thanks,

Anubhav

[milko259349307s4y]

sembra che il link indicato nel post suggerito da @Anubhav M non contenga più la risorsa indicata.
qualcuno aveva scaricato loscript e può condividere ?
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[mjackson83002]

I sent off a note to Astute Graphics asking this question.

A tech support person sent back a personalized video answering my questions. The Astute Graphics feature is called Vector First Aid. For my purposes, it can detect duplicate stacked shapes and stacked points, unnecessary and stray points, and unfilled text strings. Actually, it has a lot more options. 

I tested it on some pages with complex shapes and it found a lot of issues on each page. 

Thanks for the comments, MJ

[mjackson83002]

I don't know about the rest, but downloading and installing scripts from the Internet scares me. I would prefer to find a well known company like Adobe or Astute Graphics to offer a feature. 

A solution offered suggests grouping, then outling by a small amount, then running pathfinder. Doing that can cause elements to not be lined up on guides perfectly, even if only slightly. One script works with DXF and not native AI files. 

I found this on YouTube, which is basically now I described above

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AAeXNAnlFdE

Still looking....

MJ

[milko259349307s4y]

grazie mJack
ho letto la soluzione con pathfinder dopo aver postato
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