: Approximating path with shapes? Let's say I have a triangle that I drew with a pen so it's not perfect. I then upload it to illustrator and image trace it into a vector. It's now clean but

@Deb5748823

It's possible to write a basic jsx to draw the triangles at each selected item. The function below will resize the drawn triangles to match both height and width of each selection. If you want triangle proportions maintained, use only height or width.

DrawTrianglesAt (activeDocument.selection);

function DrawTrianglesAt (items)
{ var count, i, s, tri;
count = items.length;
for (i=0; i<count; i++)
{ s = items[i];
tri = s.parent.pathItems.polygon (0, 0, 1, 3);
tri.fillColor = s.fillColor;
tri.strokeColor = s.strokeColor;
tri.top= s.top, tri.left = s.left;
tri.height = s.height, tri.width = s.width;
}
}

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@Nimeshi706

As far as I'm aware, there's no option or script to redefine an imperfect polygon to a perfect polygon. (I could be wrong though)

However...

Illustrator CC has the Shaper Tool which may be helpful.

You could manually draw on a new layer merely approximating the shapes to get actual precise shapes:

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