@F2011

Yes, this is happening because your object bounds are rectangular in shape such that Width/Height is approximately half the Height or Width like Width = 2 times the height(approx). This is similar to what you described above. In Pattern Options panel I could find an option called 'Swatch Bounds' which if turned ON shows dotted lines squarish annotation; copies lying inside the swatch bounds are the ones which are shown when the swatch is drag dropped onto an artboard. If you go with the AICS5 way(creating pattern via drag-drop) then it will work in an earlier manner but in AICS6 legacy swatches are updated on editing them. The workflow I feel is to copy the tile from the editing mode and then paste it outside the editing mode for such cases. Alternatively, create a copy of the pattern swatch and modify the copy of this pattern swatch directly inside the editing mode.

I'm not sure if it is that big a problem that you look for switching to AICS5.5. The reason is it only happens for cases where Width/Height is approximately half the Height or Width like Width = 2 times the height(approx).

I think copying the object from the editing mode is the simplest option and works quite well for me. The point is CS6 pattern creator gives you lots of options to create variety of patterns. To me it has actually unblocked my ways to create different types of patterns.

I feel you should give it a try!

I admit I do not understrand the issue but if I choose the number of copies in the Pattern Options panel and choose 1x1 and then drag the swatch to the canvas I get one copy of the art.

I realize i mus t not be understanding the issue correctly but I do not see the difference.

The only bug I found with the pattern Panel Options is that the feature to move tile with art does not seem to actually work?

Unless I am missing something there as well.

Scott had the right answer allit is doing is resizing the tile, which might be a bug since it does it even if you don't have the option selected. But it is easy to corrrect with the tile tool so that the tile fills the entire swatch.

It works differently for a reason and good reason, which is to facilitate the making of seamless patterns.

when you pick one to one it shows you 1to 1 but since the tile is less than the swatch it shows yiou two more if the tile is the size of the art.

Yes it is behaving differently but it is a different tool so it is natural for it to work differently.

I doubt anyone will waste too much time looking into an issue that is really just a different behavior as it is a different tool and a much better tool. I would say for your particular case you should stick with the previous version you have and make yuour patterns fills the old way.

I should also mention I don't think you are making any sense as I cannot see an actual problem.

If you want to show only onse imae in the preview you change the tile size to the swatch size.

I guess all the options shown here are just for viewing purposes only while you are in the Pattern Creation/Editing mode and have no bearing on how your pattern tile gets created eventually. That means it does not matter how many Copies you specify, the pattern swatch in your Swatches panel will get created based on the other settings like Tile Type, Offset, Width, Height, Overlap, etc. you specify in the Pattern Options panel.

As I wrote there is not problem except that it behaves differentlyand gives you options. It's a new feature and there is no reason it should behave as if there were no feature.

I is actually an advantage as far as I can see.

Why do people call things bug when they simply don't understand it?

Again It is a different feature and works differently so it is not going to work the same way as before because it is different to make it clear.

before in order to make seamless patters were quite a chore and to do it correctly was even a bigger hallenge so now it is no challenge at all because they changed the way the pattern swatch features work.

If you can get yourself to see that it is not longer the older method of doing things then you get it. It is not a bug but an advancement.

Sometimes old ways of doing things have to simple go be forgotten in order to advance. This is waht you might be missing.

But if it is a case you want it to work the older way I would say you are out of luck and would be surprised if anyone even would even try to do anything to chsnge it as I see know reason when you have all the control you need withy the new feature i am sure there can be improvements made but I do not see how this would be an improvement.

I think in time yo will either get use to the way it works or you will not get use to it, but for everyone else I think they will just see the new tool as a new tool and work with the way it works and ht will be fine.