Paths not showing in illustrator

1. How do I enable paths in Illustrator?
2. Why does my path disappear in Illustrator?
3. Why can't I see my lines in Illustrator?
4. How do you unlock objects and paths in Illustrator?
5. How do you view all lines in Illustrator?
6. How do you unlock objects and paths in Illustrator?
7. How do I add a path selection?
8. How do I unlock the grid in Illustrator?

How do I enable paths in Illustrator?

Select the Direct Selection tool and click a path to see its anchor points. Click a point to select it. Shift-click to add or remove points from the selection, or drag across anchor points to select them. You can add points to a selected path by clicking the path with the Pen tool selected.

Why does my path disappear in Illustrator?

If you're starting and ending near the same spot, it'll seem like your shapes just disappear, so make sure your smoothing is set at the right level.

Why can't I see my lines in Illustrator?

It turns out that this is a feature accessible in the view-menu called “hide edges”. It is easily toggled via 'cmd-h'. Of course this is right next to a much more commonly used 'cmd-g' (for grouping).

How do you unlock objects and paths in Illustrator?

If you want to unlock objects on the layer, go to the overhead menu and choose Object > Unlock All or use the Unlock keyboard shortcut Command + Option + 2 .

How do you view all lines in Illustrator?

In Illustrator, you can show or hide anchor points, direction lines, and direction points by choosing the View menu, and then choosing Show Edges or Hide Edges.

How do you unlock objects and paths in Illustrator?

If you want to unlock objects on the layer, go to the overhead menu and choose Object > Unlock All or use the Unlock keyboard shortcut Command + Option + 2 .

How do I add a path selection?

To convert an additional path and add it to the selection, Command + Shift -click (Mac) | Control + Shift -click (Win) the secondary path's thumbnail in the Paths panel.

How do I unlock the grid in Illustrator?

Come to the View menu, choose Show Grid, or keyboard shortcut cmd or ctrl + '.