Closing an Object Copied from Illustrator

[rkt25]

This is probably a fairly simple question and its driving me absolutely mad. I was using the 2013 version at work and we recently upgraded to 2017. In the old version, when I copied an outlined object from Adobe Illustrator and pasted it into Vectorworks, all I had to do was check the 'Close" box on the righthand side and then I could manipulate it as though I created it in VW (extrude, bevel, etc). Now in 2017, I can't fide this 'close' box to save my life. I had only been using VW for about a year before upgrading, so I don't know the ins and outs. Is it hiding somewhere? It is not an option anymore? Please help! Thanks

Edited November 29, 2016 by rkt25

[Andy Broomell]

What does VW call the type of object once you've pasted it? (Top line of the Object Info Palette)

 

The "Close" checkbox is only present for polygons and polylines.

[rkt25]

This is what I'm seeing. Also, when I paste the object, a text box appears which I haven't seen before

[Pat Stanford]

Try and UNGROUP the PDF Page. You should then have a large white rectangle and possibly a bitmap preview of the page that you will want to delete. Below that you should get the vectors and text of the page in an editable format.

[rkt25]

That separated it into one blank page and a bitmap image of the outline. Sadly no vector under there though. 

[Pat Stanford]

Something weird is going on with Illustrator. I don't have Illustrator, so I can't track it down from here, but maybe I can help with some more background information.

 

Normally after you CUT or COPY an object the clipboard contains the data in multiple different formats. Then when you Paste, the program choose the version that it thinks will work best. Some applications give you different choices of how the data is stored into the clipboard. Some Application give you different choices on how the data is pulled from the clipboard (Paste Special in Word and Excel).

 

Take a look at the menus in Illustrator and see if there is a Copy As type command.

 

Check your VW menus and make sure the keyboard shortcuts are correct for the type of PASTE you are doing.

 

If you are using a Custom Workspace, especially if it has been migrated from VW2013, try one of the stock workspaces and see if that gets you a better result.

 

If none of the above work, make a small sample file in Illustrator and a VW file showing the improper import and send them directly to VW tech support so they can try and figure out what is happening. Make sure you give them the exact versions of Illustrator, VW, and operating system so they can try to replicate. 

[bcd]

Try exporting as dwg from Illustrator & importing the result.

[Kevin McAllister]

Something has changed about how VW handles clipboard data from Illustrator. It now sees it as a PDF object. In the past it used to see it as an EPS object. The PDF is mostly useless beyond a visual representation because it doesn't contain any vector data when you ungroup it.

 

Kevin