How to compare Dielines and show differences

[Leo387589177apr]

Hi,

I wonder if it is possible to compare dielines and show the differences between them.

Let´s say that we have a file with a Dieline but it is updated with a new one.

How to compare both and show the differences between them?

Thank you!

[Monika Gause]

Maybe the ESKO software suite can do that automatically (I do not know it), but Illustrator can't.

You would need to copy the new dieline into the old file (or vice versa) and check it out.

With simple things such as an overall change of the size you can just select it and read W and H.

[Leo387589177apr]

Thank you Monika. I will check if this can be done via ESKO. I heard that differences between dielines can be detected by using Pathfinder function although I don´t know how.

[creative explorer]

@Leo387589177apr if you are comparing dielines in the same file, you can change the opacity (transparnecy) on the top layer to see the differences. 

[Leo387589177apr]

Thanks for the suggestion. However, I was looking for a function that shows you the differences automatically, instead of checking visually.

[Kurt Gold]

Can you share a sample Illustrator file that contains both the original dieline and the updated one?