Autodesk 663B1-05A111-1001 User Guide - Page 258

12 | Basics Menus Reference > Create > Adobe Illustrator Object Basics 258 • Text must be converted to outlines in Adobe Illustrator (select the text and then select Type > Create Outlines). • Adobe Illustrator CS and earlier files are supported; however, you must save your .ai files with compression turned off in the Save options. • Be sure to delete any guides in Illustrator before saving the file, even hidden guides. These will be loaded into Maya as curves, which will cause problems for the bevel operation. To create an Adobe Illustrator Object 1 Select Create > Adobe Illustrator Object. 2 Select an .ai file. 3 Click OK. To update the Adobe Illustrator Object 1 Select the Adobe Illustrator Object. 2 Open the Attribute Editor. 3 In the IllustratorForBevel tab, expand the File Attributes section. 4 Click Reload. Options You can choose to import the Adobe Illustrator object as curves or generate polygonal surfaces (bevel). The standard Bevel Plus options are available within the Adobe Illustrator Object options (see Surfaces > Bevel Plus for a description of the options). Once you have imported the Adobe Illustrator object, there is a Tolerance attribute in the Attribute Editor's illustratorforBevel tab that can help fixing beveling problems. See "Where curve changes direction, the bevel is not correct" on page 259. Troubleshooting The inside of letters or curves appear filled-in Maya may not know which curves are on the inside and which are on the outside and your bevel results will be incorrect. In this case, you must open the file in Adobe Illustrator and add some more curve information to the file. Here are two possible Adobe Illustrator workflows that may help to correct any problems with incorrect beveling in Maya. Adobe Illustrator workflow #1 1 Select the problematic paths, and select Object > Compound Path > Release. 2 Select the inside and outside paths for each problematic object and select Object > Group.