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stefanf64737634
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April 19, 2018
Question

Exporting Artboards to separate .AI files always includes full document content.

  • April 19, 2018
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Hey guys,

I just have built an AI-Document with 14 Icons in 4 different colorings. Every icon sits on its own Artboard.

Now i need to export every single icon to a separate vector file for distribution (EPS or AI preferred).

After i try the "Save as" using art boards way every exportet file is as big as the original document and the preview in Windows Explorer shows the whole 56 Icons document. If i open the files only a single icon is included...

EPS or AI makes no difference. Same thing happens when i start a new document and draw different simple shapes on the artboards.

CC2017 or CC2018 no difference also.

Where is the mistake i do not get?

I distributed the icons by copy and pasting them after selecting one previously created art board after the other.

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angie_taylor
angie_taylor
Legend
April 27, 2018

A couple of things to check. Are you selecting the "make thumbnail" option when exporting? And you have selected the Artboards option (As in screenshots) sorry if questions seem obvious!

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stefanf64737634Author
Participating Frequently
April 27, 2018

Yes and Yes. ;-)

Exported EPS files have same size as Master document (680KB). PNGs i export have 2KB

angie_taylor
angie_taylor
Legend
April 27, 2018

OK, I have just done this and I can't replicate what you are finding. Mine are smaller. Are you sure that there are not perhaps duplicates of the artwork on each of the artboards? Sometimes this can happen when you duplicate artboards? In Illustrator, just check that each artboard only contains the artwork that you want to be included. Here's my example. Can you please also post some screenshots of layer panel, artboards panel and your output options in the Save As dialog, thanks.

Srishti Bali
Community Manager
Srishti BaliCommunity Manager
Community Manager
April 26, 2018

Hi stefanf,

I have checked the same thing at my end and its working as expected. I would request you to please try resetting preferences for Illustrator and check how it works.

How to set preferences in Illustrator

If this does not help would you mind sharing a sample file and a detailed video of the workflow?

Lets us know if this helps or you run into any further issue

Regards,

Srishti

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    stefanf64737634Author
    Participating Frequently
    April 27, 2018

    Resetting the Prefs did not change anything. I will try to send you a sample file.

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    stefanf64737634Author
    Participating Frequently
    April 27, 2018

    Have you tried Exporting Assets instead of saving? Do you get the same results if you do this?


    Exporting assets is the normal way i would go. But i need .ai or .eps files, that are not featured in asset setting afaik.

    Featuring a Vector format to the export list that is NOT SVG would be a nice addition.

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