Pathfinder not working at all

Forum|Forum|6 years ago
January 6, 2020
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Last week, all Pathfinder operations suddenly stopped working for me. No matter which operation I attempt, I get the "Filter produced no results. Please select two overlapping paths." message. Even when trying to unite the simplest of shapes, nothing works.

Correct answer chanaart

Checkout the file. Sometime you will need to copy and paste it to another file and save.

Make sure you use the Pathfinder Panel.

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Ava22699614klfw

Participating Frequently

I had a smilar issue, resolved it by going into my layers panel and making sure nothing was in a group. (ungroup shortcut wasn't doing it!)

chanaart

Correct answer

Community Expert

Checkout the file. Sometime you will need to copy and paste it to another file and save.

Make sure you use the Pathfinder Panel.

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mattw12302542Author

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This was the case. I copied everything into a new document and the problem went away. Thanks!

Monika Gause

Community Expert

Do you use the pathfinder panel? Or the effects? In most cases you will need the panel.

meganchi

Legend

You might possibly have two points overlapping one another on your shape. Try to see if that is the case, then use your pen tool to delete them. Finally, join the points of the shape before applying pathfinder operation.

Steve Werner

Community Expert

Try restoring your Illustrator preferences:

How to set preferences in Illustrator - Adobe Supporthttps://helpx.adobe.com › illustrator › using › setting-preferences

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