File units are set to points, but object size in canvas is reflected in the asset exporter

[dominiklm]

Hello!

I'm experiencing an issue while attempting to export an asset:

• You can see here that the bounding box of my object is tight and has no lingering objects warping the bounding box
• The Width and Height measurements are in points, so technically the size of the object in the canvas should be irrelevant
• Notice how the asset exporter item has a lot of empty space rather than being the size of the objects' bounding box
• If I were to change the dimensions of the object in the canvas, the size difference is reflected in the asset exporter
• The document PPI doesn't seem to have any impact on this issue

I don't know if I'm missing something obvious, but since Illustrator is vector software I find this correlation between the size of my object in canvas and the asset exporter very odd. 

Does anyone have an explanation for this? Thanks for your help!

[dominiklm]

Just to add, here is the hierarchy of the object: 

[Ton Frederiks]

Can you share an .ai file with that problem?

CC file sharing, dropbox, wetransfer, google...

[dominiklm]

Here you go: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dI5SNHOpby65LrE6nrqhfFtKj1mYPQs9/view?usp=sharing

[Ton Frederiks · Accepted solution]

The white arrow and the gray shape below it have both a drop shadow applied to an invisible stroke.

Delete the invisible drop shadow on both objects.

 

[dominiklm]

Thank you so much! I knew a second pair of eyes would find something 🙂

[Ton Frederiks]

Good to hear that helped.

I checked the Transparency Flattener Preview and saw this red warning, which made me inspect the arrows.