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Illustrator pathfinder not working as desired!
So i have two shapes and i want to subtract one from the other so that if i have a circle subtracting a rectangle the rectangle will have a hole in it, AND if i move the rectangle the blank circle of space will stay were it is but the rectangle will move, right now both shapes are moving and i cant get the subtracted part to stay still. what am i doing wrong?
Zoppo
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Not sure if I totally understand, but if you’ve already performed the subtraction and you just want to move one of the paths, use the Group Selection Tool.
Vince
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Use the direct select tool (open white arrow) to select the rectangle and move it . . . or go to preview mode to view the vector lines only and select the four points that make up the rectangle (holding shift to select all four) and move the rectangle.
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Well, I had the same problem and after a while I figured out that the problem is that my Illustrator works the other way around – i.e. if I select the Shape Modes with Alt then I can move each object separately with the direct selection tool and if I do it without the Alt it is like I’m expanding it already and I can only move them as a group.
Hope it will work for you too.
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