QR Codes generated on Adobe site don't work in Illustrator

[Dave_Draws]

I'm using the QR Code generator provided by Adobe:
https://express.adobe.com/tools/qr-code-generator

I select to save it as SVG, which is the only vector format offered.

When I open the resulting file in Illustrator, first I'm presented with an error that says, "Clipping will be lost on roundtrip to Tiny," whatever that means.

The file opens, but all the black areas of the QR code have no fill, so it just looks like a blank square. By selecting all, and then changing the fill to black, it then looks like a QR code.

However, when I then select "Save As..." and then choose to save it as an .AI file, Illustrator freezes or crashes. Every time. I've tried this numerous times now, and I have not yet been able to save the QR code as an .AI file.

Obviously one would expect that a file generated by Adobe would work seemlessly with Adobe products, so this level of difficulty is surprising. Hopefully Adobe would correct whatever it is that is causing these failures.

However, I can't wait for Adobe to address this issue, so hopefully there is some kind of workaround. The goal is to have a vector QR code that I can use in Adobe without issues. How would I best accomplish that?

[Monika Gause · Accepted solution]

You can do it like this:

https://youtu.be/KQUrluJ5CU4

Or use InDesign for your QR code needs.