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Object on a Path tool but rotate objects relative to artboard

  • November 16, 2024
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Hello all, 

Is there any way to rotate my objects and position them vertically relative to the artboard as opposed to the path using the new Objects on a Path tool? I need my objects to be placed on a path exactly the way the tool does, but I need them all individually to be straight up and down to the artboard. I can't seem to find a way to do that all automatically without detaching them once spaced along the path and setting every objects rotation to zero individually under Transform properties. I'd like to be able to do them all at once. Transform Each doesn't do this either.

TIA

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Correct answer Monika Gause

I've got the tracking I think, but I still don't know how to get the letters to be vertical in relation to the artboard.


It's in the menu Type > Pathtext > stairsteps

https://youtu.be/yrAYENUinPM

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Kurt Gold
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Kurt GoldCommunity Expert
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November 16, 2024

Can you share a sample Illustrator file for inspection?

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Monika Gause
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Monika GauseCommunity Expert
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November 21, 2024

Thanks so much for your help! I know there are many ways to do things in Illustrator, but given all the other variables I need to do in the process, this was the best way for me. I did have to take my path and divide it by "lobe" Basically I need the text to be sometimes on the inside of the circle and sometimes the outside so dividing the path helped to line up text with the other objects I needed them to. 

 

One quick question: I am using live reflect to create this diagram since one side has to be the complete mirror opposite of the other side. This means my text on the other side will be upside down. Do you know of any way to rotate all the numbers (like Transform each) but keeping the path mirrored, but without expanding so that the text is still editable after rotating? Thanks again!


@Phoebe22144046xfrr  schrieb:

 

One quick question: I am using live reflect to create this diagram since one side has to be the complete mirror opposite of the other side. This means my text on the other side will be upside down. Do you know of any way to rotate all the numbers (like Transform each) but keeping the path mirrored, but without expanding so that the text is still editable after rotating? Thanks again!

 

This is not path text, right?

Is it a chart?

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