Larry Bohlayer wrote: > >There is a bug in Adobe Illustrator when working between version 9 and other >versions in Illustrator itself that relates to the ATTRIBUTE settings for >curve "flatness." This attribute setting has its own pallet under the Window >menu item. On the pallet, set the output value according to the resolution >of the output device (e.g. 300 for a low level laser printer, raster (rip) >output; 800 for higher end). The bug apparently relates to Adobe not passing >this value successfully, instead allowing a very low value to default (50). >Low values result in the curve being interpreted in a series of chords like >the sides of a polygon. The larger number of chords used on the arc, the >closer the appearance to a smooth curve.
I've checked both versions of illustrator that I regularly use viz. 8.0 and 9.0, and both seem to default to 800 so this may be why this aspect of the problem hasn't arisen for me - yet! But this is valuable advice to store away for future troubleshooting. Keeping both versions of Illustrator active is essential for me as Adobe seem to 'progress backwards' by removing my most-used features from later versions. Cropping circles and curves is NEVER reliable in version 9.0 but rock-solid in version 8.0 > many Thanks larry Tony M. -
