Adding anchor points / Make a path more complex

[michaelokraj]

In Illustrator I remember, there was a feature to make a path more complex (or simplify it) with a menu option. This helped to f.e. draw a line, automatically add anchor points unevenly/evenly to this line and add effects / distortions to this new anchor points.

Since I use VectorStyler, there has not been a feature I was using in AI, which VS could not do.

Any idea if this feature is somewhere to find?
See here.

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@michaelokraj

did you know that you could add nodes
with the "+" key ?
just reselect you nodes then to add more nodes

[michaelokraj]

Thank you. Yes ;). It is a fantastic small feature. But there is no control over this. If I want to add f.e. 55 evenly distributed anchors, this does not work.

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@michaelokraj

reduce nodes with this her

[Subpath]

found nothing for random distribution
but will keep an eye open

[VectorStyler]

@michaelokraj said in Adding anchor points / Make a path more complex:

automatically add anchor points unevenly/evenly to this line and add effects / distortions to this new anchor points

Question: is there a way to add anchor points unevenly / randomly in Illustrator? Other than manual insertion.

[michaelokraj]

@VectorStyler Yes. There was an option for that. I can not check if and how it works today, but 6 y ago as I cancelled Adobe it was available. Check here.

Just to describe, what we are working on and need a handy solution without a "cool" workaround: We are drawing systematic scales with evenly distributed anchor points which we then manipulate to make seismographic peak points. F.e. we need 51 anchor points between the 2 outer points. Or we are drawing a curved line with 43 additional points in between to again apply some distortions. This is quite complicated to add those to shapes like that.

[Boldline]

@VectorStyler said in Adding anchor points / Make a path more complex:

@michaelokraj said in Adding anchor points / Make a path more complex:

automatically add anchor points unevenly/evenly to this line and add effects / distortions to this new anchor points

Question: is there a way to add anchor points unevenly / randomly in Illustrator? Other than manual insertion.

Using illustrator cs6 on the mac, there is the option to add nodes evenly under object>path>add anchor points

I'm still looking for random placement options

[VectorStyler]

@michaelokraj said in Adding anchor points / Make a path more complex:

evenly distributed anchor points

This can be done now, with a few key presses.

I add the other one to the backlog of features.

[michaelokraj]

@VectorStyler Thanks. The uneven feature is not as important as the first one. Can you tell me, please, how to do it now "with a few key presses"? On a straight line, I can work with manual adding the dots and then distribute them with the menu. But what about a curved line?

[michaelokraj]

@Boldline Exactly

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@VectorStyler

I know we could press the + button to subdivide
a path with nodes.

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But what about an option where we could specify/set a value and then a path
would be subdivided with this value of nodes ?
Just an idea.

2
In Transform i could give lets say 5 Objects a different position
if i set "Transform Each" and choose random.
I though it would be nice if this would also work with
selected Nodes.
Also just an Idea.

[VectorStyler]

@Subpath said in Adding anchor points / Make a path more complex:

But what about an option where we could specify/set a value and then a path would be subdivided with this value of nodes ?

Added this to the features backlog.

[michaelokraj]

@VectorStyler Meaning this as a compliment, as VS can do everything from my experience: I am surprised we cannot do that until now ;). Also, I am thankful, you add this to the backlog