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Smart Guides- Not that Smart?

Jun 20, 2012 1:31 PM

Problem: Can't snap a curcle's center to a multi-angled (45 and 90 degree) path

Device and Program details: Illustrator CS6 running on a 2009 iMac (3.06 Ghz Processer and 16 GB RAM)

 

I've worked with Ai for years but can't remember running into this problem but it seems so simple. When I click, hold and drag center of the circle over the angled path it pretends its not even there. But when I make a sigle straight line, the circle will snap to that path. So my question is, can smart guides even do this (and if so, how) or is this a glitch with the new CS6?

 

I've experimented with the Smart Guide preferences but nothing seems to work. If you have any feedback please let me know.

Here is a pic of the the object and path I'm trying to snap:

Screen shot 2012-06-20 at 2.26.47 PM.png

423 Views   2 Replies   Latest reply: DTA Marketing, Jun 20, 2012 3:14 PM
 
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  • Jesseham
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    1. Jesseham,
    Jun 20, 2012 2:12 PM   in reply to DTA Marketing
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    They changed the behavior of Smart Guides with CS5, I think. (Maybe it was CS4) In some circumstances, you need to hold cmd to get it to snap.

     

    If that doesn't work, are there any compound shapes that encircle the area shown?  Sometimes they can be an invisible block to clicks and snaps, even though there isn't anything visible...

     
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    2. DTA Marketing,
    Jun 20, 2012 3:14 PM   in reply to Jesseham
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    Yup that did it. Thank.

     
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