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Taylor810
Taylor810
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July 20, 2010
Question

Release all compound paths at the same time?

  • July 20, 2010
  • 2 replies
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Platform: PC/Windows XP SP2
Adobe: Illustrator CS3 (13.0.2)


Is it possible to release all compound paths in an illustration at the same time (and if so - how)?


I receive drawings from engineering in either PDF or CGM format, which I edit in Illustrator and save as AI. I have to release compound paths in order to delete specific parts of the drawing.

This isn't difficult, but it is very time-consuming because the CGM(or PDF)-to-Illustrator conversion results in quite a few compound paths.


Thanks - I appreciate your help,



Dan

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    SatbirArora
    Participant
    November 19, 2015

    Use this script

    var doc=activeDocument;

    var sel = doc.selection;

    var len = sel.length;

    while(len--)

    {

       if(sel[len].typename ==="CompoundPathItem"){

      sel[len].selected=false;

       }

    }

    alert("Only non-compound items are selected.");

    Source: Scripting Illustrator: Select Compound Paths only

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    Anonymous
    July 20, 2010

    Select all, go to Object>Compound Path>Release.

      Taylor810
      Taylor810Author
      Participant
      July 20, 2010

      Sorry -- I forgot to mention that I tried that; some of the compound paths were released but there were still quite a few that weren't...

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      Anonymous
      July 20, 2010

      Hmm...That's always worked for me. Are the ones that aren't getting released part of a clipping mask, or locked, or on a different layer, etc?

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