: Why do some paths show their center and some not? How come that some paths in AI always have a center (shown when the path is selected in any view that also shows anchor points) and some

How come that some paths in AI always have a center (shown when the path is selected in any view that also shows anchor points) and some not? If I draw a rectangle, there is a center, if I delete nodes and attach some custom path to it, the center gets retained. But when I draw any free form with the pen tool, closed or open, there is no center.

How come this strange division between 'centered objects' and 'center-less objects' and is it possible convert between these two?

10.01% popularity Vote Up Vote Down

: How to show the coordinates of a point in Adobe Illustrator? I'm trying to find the coordinates of a vertex (aka corner) of a shape (aka polygon) in Adobe Illustrator CC 2017. I tried using

@Murray976

Posted in: #AdobeIllustrator

1 Comments

: Clipping Mask doesn't work with Artboard in PS CC 2015.1.2. How to enable? So I have this set up. And the image have to be behind Rectangle 1 but over background Layer 1. But for some reason

@Murray976

Posted in: #AdobePhotoshop #ClippingMask

1 Comments

: What should happen if a logo I made is similar to another? Note: This is a canonical post created so that we can close the many similar questions as duplicates as discussed in this meta

@Murray976

Posted in: #Branding #Canonical #Copyright #Legal #Logo

1 Comments

: Traditionally a spider is used to designate a web crawler. I would use a spider icon, then a spider icon with a "don't" symbol over it. Spider icon from here: Iconfinder

@Murray976

0 Comments

Login to post a comment!

1 Comments

Sorted by latest first Latest Oldest Best

@Berryessa866

You can show or hide the center marker for any path from the Attributes panel:

I believe it is only rectangles and ellipses that show the center by default since that makes most sense... the center point of an irregular shape generally isn't of much use.

10% popularity Vote Up Vote Down

Feed

: Why do some paths show their center and some not? How come that some paths in AI always have a center (shown when the path is selected in any view that also shows anchor points) and some

More posts by @Murray976

: How to show the coordinates of a point in Adobe Illustrator? I'm trying to find the coordinates of a vertex (aka corner) of a shape (aka polygon) in Adobe Illustrator CC 2017. I tried using

: Clipping Mask doesn't work with Artboard in PS CC 2015.1.2. How to enable? So I have this set up. And the image have to be behind Rectangle 1 but over background Layer 1. But for some reason

: What should happen if a logo I made is similar to another? Note: This is a canonical post created so that we can close the many similar questions as duplicates as discussed in this meta

: Traditionally a spider is used to designate a web crawler. I would use a spider icon, then a spider icon with a "don't" symbol over it. Spider icon from here: Iconfinder

Login to post a comment!

1 Comments

Back to top | Use Dark Theme