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While I found a few threads mentioning how constraints themselves seem to be somewhat broken, especially in combination with groups I couldn't find anything on Compound Constraints... which are highly messed up! They only work in individual cases, meaning as soon as you copy them or try to convert them into a symbol or anything they explode all over your document. And it's very easy to reproduce actually: Create an AFDesigner file Create to shapes Make a compound shape out of the two shapes (Alt + click on any of the Geometry options in the toolbar) Give one of the compound-sub-objects any constraints which turns the "Compound" object into a "Compound Constraints" one Copy the Compound Constraints object or turn it into a symbol and place an instance of that anywhere to have the sub-objects seemingly disappear (in fact they move to random locations) (Otherwise you can also try to copy or make a symbol of the Compound Constraints object in the appended file.) Since from what I could find out this bug or its relatives seem to be known for 2 to 3 years by now... is there any fix in sight? Or will it just stay broken for the foreseeable future? Constraints Compound Bug.afdesign

An old bug that didn't get fixed yet. You put a compound shape, each element with its own constraint rules into a symbol. The moment you make the group where it is in (or the compound itself) into a symbol the compound loses its fill and cannot be filled again until it is detached from its symbol status. Also the sizing of the shape gets completely messed up.