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1. Re: How to fill shapes with dot pattern
SRiegel May 28, 2014 1:48 PM (in response to swarman123)This thread has a script for doing this in Illustrator:
Re: [Ann] Design effect - image made of perfectly arranged circles
No reason to create an EPS file -- just place the AI directly into InDesign.
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2. Re: How to fill shapes with dot pattern
swarman123 May 28, 2014 2:07 PM (in response to SRiegel)But when you have a bunch of small dots with a bunch of points it slows down Indesign if you import the ai directly. EPS prevents that. I'm wondering if indesign will just do it so I don't have to go back and forth.
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3. Re: How to fill shapes with dot pattern
SRiegel May 29, 2014 5:24 AM (in response to swarman123)When you Place an .ai file into InDesign, and leave it linked, it functions the same as any other linked file, and will not slow anything down. If anything, creating a complex vector shape directly in InDesign has more potential to slow things down that linking will. In any case, eps is an obsolescent format, and should be avoided.
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4. Re: How to fill shapes with dot pattern
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5. Re: How to fill shapes with dot pattern
MapsarewhatIdo May 29, 2014 9:06 AM (in response to Obi-wan Kenobi)Can you make the dots - diagonal lines?
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6. Re: How to fill shapes with dot pattern
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7. Re: How to fill shapes with dot pattern
MapsarewhatIdo May 29, 2014 9:10 AM (in response to Obi-wan Kenobi)Can you tell me how?
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8. Re: How to fill shapes with dot pattern
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9. Re: How to fill shapes with dot pattern
Obi-wan Kenobi May 29, 2014 9:27 AM (in response to Obi-wan Kenobi)3 steps:
1/ prepare the shape.
2/ create the pattern: make the first element (for this, use an object style so that you can easily modify it) and duplicate x times (H and V), to have a "complex pattern".
3. Copy the pattern, select the shape and "paste within" (in French: "coller dedans").
Done!
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10. Re: How to fill shapes with dot pattern
Daniel Flavin May 29, 2014 9:37 AM (in response to swarman123)As Obi-wan noted, start with a shape
Finish with a grouped set of objects and use Paste Into. (Cut or copy the group, select the frame to fill, Paste Into)
I have used a stoke, set at an angle. I defined the stroke as dotted.
(A custom stoke could control the distance from dot to dot)
I work in values I can divide in my head. 6 pt stoke, step & repeat at 3 or 6 or 9 or 12 pts.
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11. Re: How to fill shapes with dot pattern
Obi-wan Kenobi May 29, 2014 9:51 AM (in response to Daniel Flavin)Salut Daniel,
In french, it's easier for me. I prefer create a basic pattern element (here, with a circle), apply an object style and duplicate it. That give me much more controls on the pattern: can be anything!
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12. Re: How to fill shapes with dot pattern
Obi-wan Kenobi May 29, 2014 10:05 AM (in response to Obi-wan Kenobi)








