drrohle Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 I'm a new user to Designer 1.8.3.641 and I have many .ai and EPS documents that have multiple layers and sub-layers. When I open any of these documents in Designer, the sub-layers are missing on both the layers panel and of course in the workspace screen. Am I doing something wrong here? The original doc's are AI CS2 files and some exported to .eps files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums. The .ai file format is proprietary, and can only be used by Designer if it was saved with the compatibility option to include a PDF version. Since you're seeing some of the data, your files probably have that PDF information. However, another aspect of AI saving these files is that if you have layers that are outside of the artboard, those layers are not included in the PDF part of the file. Perhaps that could explain your missing sub-layers? Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drrohle Posted July 28, 2020 Author Share Posted July 28, 2020 (edited) 41 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums. The .ai file format is proprietary, and can only be used by Designer if it was saved with the compatibility option to include a PDF version. Since you're seeing some of the data, your files probably have that PDF information. However, another aspect of AI saving these files is that if you have layers that are outside of the artboard, those layers are not included in the PDF part of the file. Perhaps that could explain your missing sub-layers? That's the issue alright Walt! Some of the layers ARE out of the artboard box. Wonder if I could just make the artboard bigger in AI? -- I'll try it. Now if I can figure out how to resize the arboard and keep all the sub-layers?? Thanks man! Edited July 28, 2020 by drrohle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 You're welcome. Good luck getting it working; I cannot help with that. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixx Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 6 hours ago, drrohle said: Now if I can figure out how to resize the arboard Artboard behaves as any object and you can change it size by dragging or with transform panel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 4 hours ago, Fixx said: Artboard behaves as any object and you can change it size by dragging or with transform panel. But it needs to be done in AI. Does that work there, too. Fixx 1 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drrohle Posted July 28, 2020 Author Share Posted July 28, 2020 4 hours ago, walt.farrell said: But it needs to be done in AI. Does that work there, too. I resized the artboard, resaved the AI document and opened it in Designer. Works perfectly! Thanks everyone for all your help. --Dean walt.farrell 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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