Latest Contributions by SarahBell

‎12-20-2023

Hi @AlixBakke_SNC . For clarification, when you say that your AIX polygons are "enhanced" it appears (From the image you shared) that you mean the boundaries of your polygons appear more complex than they appear in ArcGIS Pro. Is this correct? I have a suggestion that I'd like you to try: 1. Open AIX in Illustrator 2. select all of the polygons (artwork) in only one of the layers that is problematic. Do this by ensuring the layer is unlocked and then clicking the selection area in the layer (area to the right of the circle of the layer you are investigating). Make sure you do not have any clipping paths selected.: 3. Once you've selected only the artwork that you are investigating, check out the polygon symbology to see if it has a stroke color. The image below shows that my selected artwork has a turquoise fill color and no stroke appearance applied. You can visit Adobe's doc for more on stroke and fills with Illustrator.. 4. If you discover that your polygons have a stroke appearance, then remove it. Post for how. If the above steps to not alleviate the problem, then it may be good if the Maps for Adobe team can have a look at your Pro project. Thanks - Sarah

‎12-15-2023

Hi @SBushey_Dewberry . Thanks for this question. At this time Maps for Adobe processes cannot do a symbol replacement for raster point symbols, but this is something that they are looking into for future releases.

‎12-11-2023

Exporting vector data layers from an ArcGIS Pro scene for use in a vector editor (Illustrator or otherwise) are flattened as image layers. This is the case for all exports, and not exclusive to AIX file types as far as I know. Tagging @JeremyWright to see if he has insight on this.

‎11-29-2023

Hi Amanda, This occurs because the transparency for that layer is applied to the target appearance of the groups within that layer rather than the layer itself. A new implementation is in the works, so stay tuned, but the workaround for now is as follows: 1) identify the transparency for those groups in Illustrator. Do this by clicking on the target icon for one of those groups and check its transparency appearance in Illustrator. (e.g. let's say it is 11%) 2) Now select all the artwork in the layer you want to work on, and ungroup the artwork. (SHIFT + CTRL + G in windows). Note that this will remove the transparency. 3) Now click the target appearance icon for the layer that contains the paths you just ungrouped. 4) Apply the transparency to this layer's target appearance. (e.g. 11%). This will give you the desired transparency for that layer. You will have to do these steps for any polygon layer that has transparency in the VT layers. Hope this helps!

‎11-08-2023

Thanks for sharing your PPKX. It's been useful for identifying the crux of the issue. When exporting it as a PDF, it looks like the masks are a compound path. This compound path is dropped in the AIX. The team will look into retaining these types of masks in AIX exports. In the interim, please check the link I shared in my original response for the workflow to do this same effect in Illustrator as the team looks for a solution.

‎09-14-2023

Hi there, Thanks for the question! I'm not sure how you created your masks, but if you could share a partial version of your map (ppkx) that would be a good way for Maps for Adobe to pinpoint your workflow and investigate if/how the team could support this. Until then, I would suggest adding the masks in Adobe Illustrator. This will be the better option. This is my go-to workflow for masking things like roads, contours, and other harsh lines that obscure text. If you could share your ppkx, or point to your workflow, that would be great. Thanks!

‎07-20-2023

Also, @mcparkstrails make sure you are pointing to a file from the Processes panel, otherwise the extension will not know what to do 🙂

‎07-20-2023

Hello. Good question. I'm not sure why you'd be running into this - did anything about your setup change? The only thing I can think of is this unusual requirement on Illustrator's behalf: For some reason at least one layer in your symbol library .AI file has to be visible (toggled on) for the symbol replacement to work. So open that file, and make sure the layer's setting is toggled to be visible. It does not even need to have any artwork in the layer, but it needs to be visible. If this does not resolve it, you may want to reinstall. Keep an eye out for 3.5 too, coming soon.

‎06-27-2023

Glad to help! Thanks for sharing the system info. I've sent you a message directly, and I'll send another in response to your post. If you are syncing at a 300 ppi with a lot of data (or with a larger map), the ppi is likely the culprit. Especially since you were able to eventually sync. With vector data, increasing the ppi will increase the amount of vertices - which are treated as "anchor points" in Adobe Illustrator. Adobe Illustrator reads each individual anchor point as it renders vector artwork (map features, in this case). So even for a straight line, where you'd only need two anchor points, increasing the ppi will likely increase the amount of anchor point amount to a much higher than needed value. This can also bloat the size of your AI file. You may want to try with 96 ppi and incrementaly increase if you find that you need more. (Side note: I always use 96 ppi with my syncs). Another tip - If your map is large, sync fewer layers at a time. Some data on ArcGIS Online is super dense and heavy, and syncing those layers by themselves will help sync time. Keep me posted on how this goes, @MarcoOrlandi !

‎06-26-2023

Hi @MarcoOrlandi - Could you let us know what version of Illustrator, Maps for Adobe, and OS you're working with? I'll reach out to you privately for further questions. There are some unknowns that will help find the solution. We'll figure this out 🙂

‎06-15-2023

@ShihoY until the fix is released (very soon), the workaround for you would be to use the shape of the legend rectangle as a clipping mask for the pattern. make a copy of the legend rectangle path. Place the leggend pattern paths in a group use the copy of the rectangle path as a clipping mask See this link for details under "Hide Parts of Objects..."

‎02-01-2023

Hi @ChrisMyers_NewQuest . Thanks for sharing the details for this issue. As we discovered, the Illustrator file that you were trying to sync layers into was about 2 years old, which may be the cause for this problem. But you were able to create a new Illustrator file with the same data, and then sync new layers to the newly created AI file. We also discovered that your map was pretty large in physical size, so the sync took a few extra moments. We discussed some steps to alleviate recurrance of this issue: 1) Maintain a webmap that contains the layers your organization uses for this commonly reproduced map. This will allow you to quickly recreate an AI file with the several layers in case an AI file becomes "unsyncable." Especially with the passage of time as files age. Also, this will allow you to quickly create maps at other locations, extents, and scales with this same data. 2) PPI < 100 for maps containing only vector will often make syncs - and any subsequent syncs to an AI file faster. Not the root of this issue, but noted as one of the reasons for longer syncs. Syncing at 300 for vector-only files can add unnecessary size to the files, especially for one as large as yours. 3) the team will look into longevity of AI files. However, it would be good to follow step one as files do get corrupted over time, and Illustrator and Esri constantly push updates. Files will become less compatible over the years.

‎01-20-2023

Hi Chris, Have you tried turning off or removing some of the layers? Or try adding the layers one-by-one? It looks like you're running into a known limitation with the content amount.

‎12-06-2022

Yes, you can export specific layers from Pro as an AIX file. To do this: In ArcGIS Pro, turn off the visibility of the layers you do not want, and then export the map. If you want to eventually combine your AI layers into a single AI file, then you can paste them into a common AI file. Illustrator has a few different pasting options that help keep layers aligned, and pasted in their own discrete layer(S) if needed. Also, there are a few different Illustrator pasting shortcuts that allow you to paste in front or back, etc. I hope this helps!

‎12-05-2022

Hi @JohnGoldsmith . That is quite a large map. Because of the processing that takes place to make the map ready for you to design, plus the size of the map itself, the opening time is going to take a while. Good news! The AIX processing time is something in our road map. The second thing you noted, where turning on/off layers takes a while, is an Adobe Illustrator RAM issue, and something beyond our control. I recommend checking out Adobe's documentation for increasing Illustrator RAM. There are a few things I know of that you can do to alleviate the issue. One is to turn some of your layers into outline mode. This saves RAM by not rendering appearences - just the basic outlines of the artwork. You can also turn off the visibility of layers you don't need to see to save RAM. The other thing is to increase the RAM that Illustrator uses. Basically, to rendering paths and anchor points in a WYSIWYG preview, Illustrator uses RAM. This increases when you pan/zoom or turn on more layers. It is typically not an issue until you have a high number of paths and anchor points, which you would on such a large detailed map

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Re: Adobe Illustrator rendering polygons differently than ArcGIS Pro

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Re: Is "Masking" supported by .aix format?

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Re: Map syncing stuck at 99% forever!

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Re: Unable to Sync New Layers to Existing Map Files - "Amount of Content Exceeds Sync Limit"

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