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jamescapta
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November 5, 2018
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Illustrator cs6 Measurement Inaccuracies, Glitch?

  • November 5, 2018
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Hi Guys,

I have been working on a new project with some fine detailing and whilst creating a border to create a clipping mask the sizing is never exact numbers. I work in millimetres and for example if I go to the rectangle tool and enter a size of W-75mm x H75mm it creates a shape but the sizing is actually W-74.789mm x H-74.789mm OR if I enter another one with the same 75mm square i will get one that is 75.142 x 75.142mm.

This is what i type in:

This is what it produces which makes no sense:  ?!?!

This inconsistency is driving me crazy as i cannot produce detailed repeat backgrounds for my job without them becoming all skewed because one shape will not want to play ball!! It is even now started doing it for artboards so now my boards are never exact dimensions which throws off everything else!

I have been using Illustrator for 5 years now and i have never had this issue ever but now all of a sudden it is doing it on every shape i produce and i have checked in my preferences and my preview bounds is turned off as i know that can skew dimensions. I am feeling pretty lost on any solutions now so if someone can help that would be great as my work has hindered now as i cannot seem to fix this issue.

Any ideas will be appreciated,

Thanks

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Correct answer jamescapta

AH brilliant Turning off the align to pixel grid in the transform sub menu fixed it!

Thank you Mohammad!!

For anyone who has had this struggle here is a link to how to turn off this setting if you have also had this problem:

vector - Illustrator CC: Turn off align objects to pixel grid - Graphic Design Stack Exchange

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Monika Gause
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 5, 2018

Is a stroke applied to your shapes?

Is "Use Preview Bounds" checked in Preferences > General?

Mohammad.Harb
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 5, 2018

Are you using an RGB or CMYK documen profile?

is align to pixel preview turned on ?

have you tried to reset the preferences settings?

jamescapta
jamescaptaAuthorCorrect answer
Participant
November 5, 2018

AH brilliant Turning off the align to pixel grid in the transform sub menu fixed it!

Thank you Mohammad!!

For anyone who has had this struggle here is a link to how to turn off this setting if you have also had this problem:

vector - Illustrator CC: Turn off align objects to pixel grid - Graphic Design Stack Exchange