Intuos5 Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 There is a fatal flaw in the design for Symbols. There currently is no way to recover edited symbols from an older version of a file by pasting them over to a new file. This means that symbols that were edited with the syncing button turned off, are copied in as the regular version of the symbol. Steps to reproduce Create an ellipse and turn it into a pie Convert this ellipse into a symbol Save the file Create a copy of the file from step 3 Place another symbol in the file Disable symbol syncing Change the angles of the pie for the symbol in step 5 (and optionally scale the symbol down for recognisability) Copy the edited symbol and paste it into the original file (which didn't have the edited symbol). Notice how the symbol is brought in and disregards any changes to it 2023-01-11 16-41-21.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Callum Posted February 3, 2023 Staff Share Posted February 3, 2023 Hi Intous5, I can't seem to replicate this here following your steps in 2.0.4. Please could you check if this still occurs in our latest version? Thanks C Quote Please tag me using @ in your reply so I can be sure to respond ASAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intuos5 Posted February 3, 2023 Author Share Posted February 3, 2023 Hi @Callum I can still reproduce this. In this case: I have created a rectangular symbol pasted it in a new document disabled symbol syncing created an ellipse moved it into the symbol group removed the rectangle (basically it no longer has any connection to the old symbol in terms of its content) pasted it in the original document notice it is pasted as the original symbol rather than the modified version 2023-02-03 14-42-51.mp4 Also, when modifying the same shape, this also still happens when you just edit the colour (it creates a new symbol instead). 2023-02-03 14-50-58.mp4 2023-02-03 14-52-05.mp4 It only appears to work correctly in 2.0.4 when you modify the base shape: 2023-02-03 14-55-34.mp4 This is on Windows 10.0.19045. Not sure if I rebooted since the update now that I think about it. E: Result after shutdown and restart is the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intuos5 Posted February 3, 2023 Author Share Posted February 3, 2023 Basically, it is still impossible to transfer a symbol when you have added additional content to it (i.e. another shape) or changed colours/ line-weight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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