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Why is my stroke applying to a bounding box?

Forum|Forum|1 year ago
December 20, 2024
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I've tried expanding, isolating the mask, grouping, ungrouping, and yet this box won't go away. I had to add fill and stroke back in via the appearance panel, but it just applies to absolutely everything in the bounding box. Oddly, I can still edit the individual vertices.

Correct answer Ton Frederiks

Try:

Ungroup All>

Clipping Mask > Release

Delete the clipping mask rectangle.

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Correct answer

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Try:

Ungroup All>

Clipping Mask > Release

Delete the clipping mask rectangle.

jameyc44619071Author

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That's done it! Thank you! Do you have any idea what could have caused this in the first place?

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Not really, but there were a lot of groups.

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Please show the layers panel with the objects in it and the Appearance panel for all the relevant objects. Better: share the file.

jameyc44619071Author

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It won't let me send the file, but here is a screenshot

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I did not use the layers panel. I selected the object by clicking on it and applied the stroke via the appearance panel.

Can you please upload an AI file that has the wrong stroke in it.