LuckyNotLucky Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 As the title says. Shapes from illustrator (which import fine to 9.2) are coming in as point objects that have very limited editability. I do not want to keep two versions of FormZ running, is there a solution to this? Thanks in advance, M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Montoya Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 What file format are you using? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyNotLucky Posted March 7 Author Share Posted March 7 Illustrator 3.0. This has been part of my workflow for years, I really hope they didn't void this in the new release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Montoya Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 (edited) I hear ya, I've always used Illustrator 8, as that is the last version that imported correctly for me for many years. I just tested a Illustrator 8 file and it imports as expected in FMZ10 with control points turned on. I do see it is listed as a Point Object in FormZ, but I'm not sure that's an issue? Please let me know if this Smooth Spline Curve is not what you need. Edited March 7 by Justin Montoya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyNotLucky Posted March 7 Author Share Posted March 7 That's the problem I'm having! They used to come in as an open wire and you closed them and were good to go. v10 will not give me a closed shape every time. Occasionally some geometry will import properly; I can't determine why some shapes work and some do not. They should not be coming in as a point object. What even is that? M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Montoya Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 To be honest, I don't know what's changed, only that I am working too hard to keep my head above water to wait, so I simply jumped over and started exporting everything as DWG files. Have you tried a DWG export? It comes in as a Nurbz Curve... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 Can you please send an example file(s) that work differently for you in v10 than v9 to us at support@formz.com so we can properly investigate and track this issue? We should be able to address this issue quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyNotLucky Posted March 8 Author Share Posted March 8 Just saw this, I'll get it to you on Monday. Thanks! M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyNotLucky Posted March 12 Author Share Posted March 12 Here's an illustrator file that has both viable and non-viable geometry. It appears that if every point on a shape is a smooth curve (anchor point on both sides of a control point) the geometry will come in to FormZ as a point object. In the file attached the left-most and center shapes will work; the rightmost and circle will fail. FormZ test file.ai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Thank you for posting the file we will investigate this issue ASAP Please send all reports like this via email to support@formz.com. This is very important for issues to be properly tracked and addressed. The forum is a great tool for discussions, but forums do not integrate with our support system so we have no way to track issues that are not submitted via email. Thank you! Hugo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 On 3/12/2024 at 12:04 PM, LuckyNotLucky said: Here's an illustrator file that has both viable and non-viable geometry. It appears that if every point on a shape is a smooth curve (anchor point on both sides of a control point) the geometry will come in to FormZ as a point object. In the file attached the left-most and center shapes will work; the rightmost and circle will fail. FormZ test file.ai 234.17 kB · 2 downloads We have imported this AI file into the latest build, B137, across multiple machines. Here are the results on OSX 14.3.1 with an M1 Max chip: And here are the settings used for the import: Try using those settings if you aren't already, and make sure you're on the latest build of your OS version (14.4, 13.6, etc..). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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