Prevent live paint form ‘inventing’ new paths from UNCLOSED parts?

[Skiesmdb]

I use Live paint to test segmented designs, but the live paint bucked (For reasons unknown to me there is no NORMAL bucket) fills non-existing parts too, making it much more tedious to fill parts.

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[Kurt Gold]

Which version of Illustrator are you using?

Can you share this sample Illustrator file (.ai)?

[carlosgarro · Accepted solution]

Hi.

It looks like some Gap Detection issue.

Please check the Gap Options.

Object / Live Paint / Gap Options

Regards

[Skiesmdb]

Thanks, I was quite sure it should be somewhere but I didn't expect it to be under object.

The gap detection can be set per group, I now have disabled it as default by deselecting all.