Illustrator cc 2014 grid snap problem

A work around!

I work with an illustrator who hasn't had this problem because of the way he works.

He sets his grid to 1px and then snaps to grid.

works like a charm. At least as far as dropping pixel perfect rectangles down everytime.

I hope that helps

Luke

As my previous speaker said, no way to work in Illustrator properly in the moment. Same issues here.

I also tried to subtract a logo from a form and this happens (fyi: the subtraction works fine in Indesign).

@ADOBE: Please fix this issues.

So I was having an issue with this same problem and so I called Adobe about it. We worked out what is the culprit.

There is a box under the advanced tab that needs to be unchecked when you make a new document. This is defaulted on the web template, but it isn't in the print one. As soon as it is unchecked it seems to work ok.

This is insane.  I just spent over an hour researching this and finding out live rectangles don't align to guides or Smart Guides.

And now I realize I have to convert every rectangle into a traditional rectangle instead of a live rectangle.  I think live rectangle should really be its own tool anyway (a different item in the toolbar).

Anyway... Any sort of preference setting or way to create traditional rectangles by default would be great.

I am also having problems with snapping drawn vector objects to other vector objects on my pasteboard. Even selecting both objects and using the align tool to align them does not work (the objects don't move and remain a fraction of a pixel off) Does anyone know if this has something to do with the "live corners" rectangle issue? Grid is turned off, snap to grid is also turned off.

I have recently reluctantly upgraded to CC and am extremely displeased to find that once again, Adobe has added a bunch of bloated features no one will use (effects > rounded corners worked just fine, thanks), broken things we rely on as fundamental to the program (snapping) and haven't solved problems that have existed for a decade.

Although there's a lot to improve in the snap-to-grid behavior, one thing that helps preserve some of my own sanity (such as it is) is to make sure that strokes are aligned to the inside of the object path. When the stroke is split by the path (the default) then it's impossible to make an object with a stroke pixel-align (visually) unless the path is an even number of pixels thick.

Unfortunately, pixel-alignment is a tricky area because there are some basic features that can't be supported while alignment is on. For example, should a pixel-aligned object allow strokes that are odd or fractional pixels thick? If so, how should the half-pixels be represented? As whole pixels in the wrong place, or as anti-aliased pixels? Different projects would require different ways of dealing with those issues.

Same issue here - can not snap to pixel any longer. I use Illustrator for web UI design, so this is a deal-breaker! Adding another step (converting from live object) to align/snap to pixel or grid like it did before CC 2014 should not be required. Hopefully Adobe hears the community and addresses the pixel snapping issue soon!

Same problem here. Really REALLY frustrating. Most of my work needs to be done in exact measurements, this just makes Illustrator useless to me..

Are there any good alternative applications for vector drawing? I'm not holding my breath that Adobe will fix this anytime soon, they seem to be living in some weird bubble by them selves after they moved everything to cloud and started charging every month for these beta versions of the software. I am not a happy customer.

I am having also huge problems with the snap since the 2014 update.

Nothing reliably snaps to anything with the live rectangle. It is very inaccurate whether using smart guides, snap to grid or snap to pixel grid.

Could someone please explain if there is a reason WHY the live rectangle would "break" if it would snap to the pixel grid or to any other grid or guide for that matter.
The live rectangle is probably a neat feature but it's all spoiled if it's behaviour is totally random.

Object > Shape > Convert to Rectangle

Converting the rectangle (which is apparently now a "live rectangle" by default) resolved the snapping issues for me.

My Adobe friends, I now have to do 3-4 extra steps to make a rectangle behave the way I need it to (snap to grid). If live rectangles are incapable of snapping, then I don't want to use them by default. I'd strongly prefer a primitive rectangle and convert them to a live rectangle for the scenarios when I find that feature more important than snapping which… is probably never.