Adobe illustrator 10 Manuale Utente

8 Using the rectangle tool  , follow one of two methods:

For a fill pattern, draw a bounding box from the center point of the upper left object to 

the center point of the lower right object.

For a brush pattern, draw a bounding box that surrounds the objects and coincides 

with their outer boundaries. If the pattern is to be a corner tile, hold down Shift as you 
drag to constrain the bounding box to a square. The bounding box should surround 
the objects and coincide with their outer boundaries. 

Bounding box for a fill pattern (left) and for a brush pattern (right)

9 Paint the geometric objects the desired color. 

10 Define the geometric objects as a pattern, following the procedure in 

You can create an irregularly textured fill pattern that tiles seamlessly. Remember that fill 
patterns clip any artwork outside the bounding box, whereas brush patterns do not. To 
create an irregularly textured brush pattern, you should select and define as a pattern only 
the textured artwork within the bounding box. 

1 Make sure that View > Snap to Point has been selected.

2 Draw a bounding box. If you are creating a brush pattern, skip to step 13. 

3 Draw the texture with the objects or lines that intersect only the left side of the 
bounding rectangle. 

4 Using the direct-selection tool, select the texture and the rectangle, and place the 
pointer on the lower left corner of the rectangle. 

5 Drag the rectangle to the right; then press Alt+Shift (Windows) or Option+Shift 
(Mac OS) to create a copy and to constrain the move. 

Draw texture on left side of bounding box (left). Then copy texture and rectangle (right).