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Center point missing from shapes in outline mode

Explorer ,
Dec 26, 2012 Dec 26, 2012

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I seem to have lost the center line cross hairs in Illustrator CS6.

I draw some shapes, then go to outline mode and the center lines are now missing. They used to work. Still have them in CS5.

Here are a couple of images that show what I mean.

Here in 5 you can see the center points in each shape

outline mode CS5.jpg

Here is a similar picture from 6 with the center points missing.

The center points do show up if I put my cursor over the shape.

Outline mode CS6.jpg

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New Here , Nov 22, 2016 Nov 22, 2016

Hi there. I was having the same problem until I stumbled across a (new?) option in the Attributes palette.

There are two little boxes, one with a dot in the middle. Select that one, and all your problems will be solved. Hopefully.

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New Here ,
Aug 13, 2014 Aug 13, 2014

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Just go to menu 'View' and click on the Show Edges. And in Window>Attributes make sure the show center button is on. Hope this will make your issue solved.

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New Here ,
Sep 26, 2015 Sep 26, 2015

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Hi everybody, I think in new version, Adobe have moved center point to another tool. Like thatUntitled.png

You can use it to turn around, transform, move shape by this tool.

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New Here ,
May 06, 2021 May 06, 2021

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Problem fixed ! thank you so much !!

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New Here ,
Nov 22, 2016 Nov 22, 2016

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Hi there. I was having the same problem until I stumbled across a (new?) option in the Attributes palette.

There are two little boxes, one with a dot in the middle. Select that one, and all your problems will be solved. Hopefully.

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New Here ,
Dec 16, 2016 Dec 16, 2016

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Attributes (show all) and select the box with the dot in it - fixed it for me - THANK YOU!

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New Here ,
Dec 20, 2016 Dec 20, 2016

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You are very welcome!

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Community Beginner ,
Jun 10, 2019 Jun 10, 2019

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Perfect. Thank you!

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Engaged ,
Feb 27, 2017 Feb 27, 2017

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Is there a way to set Show Center by default in preferences or else? it is really annoying to have to go each time in the attributes panel to check the show center box

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New Here ,
Dec 02, 2018 Dec 02, 2018

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I am struggling with the same problem.  This really needs fixing by Adobe ASAP

If I draw a shape then change to a guide you don't have a centre point showing and no way to do this even with attributes.

To have to change attributes every time just adds time to projects.

I really don't understand why this has changed in the latest software CC2019

Adobe please help us!!

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Explorer ,
Apr 18, 2019 Apr 18, 2019

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Same issue.  Center-point is missing from guide objects (boxes and circles turned into guides).  I've done everything recommended and the center-point still won't show.  Object-guides used to show the center-points now they don't.

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Community Expert ,
Apr 18, 2019 Apr 18, 2019

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MarkSR  schrieb

Same issue.  Center-point is missing from guide objects (boxes and circles turned into guides).  I've done everything recommended and the center-point still won't show.  Object-guides used to show the center-points now they don't.

Please post this to http://illustrator.uservoice.com

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Explorer ,
Apr 18, 2019 Apr 18, 2019

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Done.

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Community Beginner ,
Feb 22, 2021 Feb 22, 2021

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It is a problem with the GPU/CPU preview mode. If you're using GPU visualization it won't show the objects centers when in outline view, if you switch to CPU, it will. So go to Menu/View/View using CPU (Cmd+E or Ctrl+E) and you will see those center symbols come alive.

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New Here ,
Nov 30, 2021 Nov 30, 2021

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Well, that's just rediculous that you have to do that. What, 25 years of Illustrator and they screw it up more and more.

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New Here ,
Oct 07, 2019 Oct 07, 2019

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Go to the View panel, enable Show Bounding Box.

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New Here ,
Nov 30, 2021 Nov 30, 2021

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No, that doesn't work. The circle is set to show center point, and Show Bouncing Box is on (but the bounding box does not appear in this screen shot).

 

 

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