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Patterns: overlap option

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April 27, 2023
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Dear Community,

I am trying to understand how Illustrator determines the left/right/top/bottom sides of a pattern when using the Overlap option.

In fact, check this example

The right side should be on top, but it is not.

How come?

Same happens for the other options.

Latest version of Illustrator installed and updated.

Thanks for your attention.

Alberto

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Correct answer Monika Gause

Hi Monika,

Thanks for your reply.

I am not quite sure whether I understood what you mean. To start with: can you please define what a pattern bound is, exactly?

Thanks,

Alberto

Pattern bound is the rectangle in blue. The repeat you define.

Ton Frederiks

Community Expert

The stacking order can be seen (and changed) in the Layers panel.

The Overlap repetition can be changed in the Pattern maker.

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Alberto AndreuzziAuthor

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Hi Ton,

Understood. But the Overlap function is intended to make it easier to do that but it is simply not working as expected in my copy of Illustrator.

Ares Hovhannesyan

Community Expert

Not sure .. but you can reset preferences. May be some settings are mixed?

Monika Gause

Community Expert

Can you please create a demo file that shows your issue with some simple shapes and upload that to Creative Cloud or the like?

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Alberto AndreuzziAuthor

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I have attached Pattern 01.ai file. The pattern is saved in the swatches.

Thanks.

Edit: I cannot see the attached file. Can you see it?

Met1

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Even though this is the Illustrator forum, we cannot upload .ai files!

You need to upload (CreativeCloud, DropBox, Google, etc) and provide a link...

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