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sparklemax
sparklemax
Inspiring
April 18, 2019
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Objects and points on path snapping even when I have it switched off

  • April 18, 2019
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I want to move objects and points on a path just a little, but I can't stop them jumping and snapping to the grid. I have switched everything off in the 'magnet' icon but it still happens. Can anyone help please?

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Correct answer meganchi

Have you gone to the View menu and made sure "snap to grid", "snap to pixel" and "snap to point" are deselected?

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meganchi
meganchiCorrect answer
Braniac
April 18, 2019

Have you gone to the View menu and made sure "snap to grid", "snap to pixel" and "snap to point" are deselected?

sparklemax
sparklemaxAuthor
Inspiring
April 18, 2019

Hi Meganchi

Thank you - it worked. I didn't realise that those options were there in the view menu.

Monika Gause
Monika Gause
Braniac
April 18, 2019

sparklemax  schrieb

Hi Meganchi

Thank you - it worked. I didn't realise that those options were there in the view menu.

The buttons in the properties panel are synched with the View menu. So clicking those buttons or selecting from the menu should do the same thing. It would be interesting what you actually did, because it could of course point to an issue with Illustrator.

Jacob Bugge
Jacob Bugge
Inspiring
April 18, 2019

Max,

In cases like this, my first guess is Align to Pixel Grid / Pixel perfect art .

From CC 2017 on, you can see the options and behaviour here:

https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/pixel-perfect.html

For earlier versions, you may select everything and then untick Align to Pixel Grid in the Transform palette, and also untick Align New Objects to Pixel Grid in the flyout options. It is crucial that the box is completely unticked, not just a - which also counts as ticked.

It may be noted that even if Align to Pixel Grid is unticked with all objects selected, as long as Align New Objects to Pixel Grid is ticked the creation of new objects will result in those new objects being aligned, even when they are created from existing objects as may happen with Pathfinder operations.

You may avoid document types with that as default (RGB for web and the like) or change the default for such documents.

Here is an exquisite screenshot made by Ton in the first post for older versions:

https://forums.adobe.com/message/7841770#7841770

And here is an exquisite screenshot by Isa in post #3:

https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2119525

You may also see the screenshots by Tony in post #3 here:

https://forums.adobe.com/message/9397981#9397981

sparklemax
sparklemaxAuthor
Inspiring
April 18, 2019

Thank you Jacob for your response.

My new version of Illustrator does not have 'Align New Objects to Pixel Grid' in the Transform palette. I have the magnet at the top right of the screen and everything is switched off but things are still snapping.

The document origin was a print file in cmyk. Just to see what happens I have copied and pasted the objects into a new document and everything is working fine there.

I know it's not the answer but at least it's working okay now.

Jacob Bugge
Jacob Bugge
Inspiring
April 18, 2019

Max,

Sometimes, a document gets corrupt and then just about anything can happen, or fail to happen, in it.

I believe you may just have encountered that.

And then you can usually copy most or all objects over to a new document , as you just did.

So I believe that is the answer.

Monika Gause
Monika Gause
Braniac
April 18, 2019

Are there objects close to it?

Lines? Guides?

sparklemax
sparklemaxAuthor
Inspiring
April 18, 2019

Hi Monika

No there are no other objects, lines or guides close to it.

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