Rhino 7 gradient hatch export to illustrator results in solid fill

Serengeti (Rhino WIP)
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Hi,

Gradient hatches wont export to illustrator as gradients, but only come out as solid hatches.

thanks

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@arcade.smith thanks for the report! This is currently a known WIP issue that we’re working to make better.

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Are there any updates to the status of this issue?

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We write a pretty old version of the ai format. You might have better luck exporting a PDF and importing that into Illustrator

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Thanks. We’ll stick to the PDF export workflow. For what it’s worth, it seems you can cut and paste them…but they come into illustrator as clipping groups. Get’s a little clunky though, would not suggest as a workflow.

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Hi seems here is the solution,

  1. Select the object or objects that have the gradient hatch that you want to export.
  2. Copy in Rhino.
  3. Open a document in Illustrator.
  4. Paste in Illustrator.
  5. The object should appear in Illustrator with the gradient hatch.

Hope it helps

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Hi,

Just wanted to add a response when doing the export to PDF option. A gradient hatch which has alpha opacity, exports as a solid fill, with no layer order.

This is what I see in Rhino.There is a gradient hatch on the column behind the man on the right of the image.

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Here is that RhinoPDF opened in Acrobat Pro

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Issue 1. Gradient hatch has lost colour transparency
Issue 2. Draw order; Everything is completely blocked by the hatch
Issue 3: When opening this in Illustrator, it does not recognise the graphic as a fill. It’s a non-native graphic

-Jeremy