{"id":2545952,"date":"2024-11-13T13:15:45","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T21:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=2545952"},"modified":"2024-12-09T16:16:32","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T00:16:32","slug":"convert-arcgis-points-to-adobe-illustrator-symbols","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/maps-for-adobecc\/mapping\/convert-arcgis-points-to-adobe-illustrator-symbols","title":{"rendered":"Convert ArcGIS Points to Adobe Illustrator Symbols in Two Simple Steps"},"author":6291,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[22941],"tags":[30901,26451,85762,30921,325542],"industry":[],"product":[421922,36741],"class_list":["post-2545952","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mapping","tag-adobe","tag-cartography","tag-creative-cloud","tag-illustrator","tag-symbols","product-arcgis","product-maps-for-adobecc"],"acf":{"short_description":"Convert ArcGIS Pro map points into Adobe Illustrator symbols automatically with ArcGIS Maps for Adobe 3.8 - just released!","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>This post describes the steps for converting your ArcGIS Pro point symbols into Adobe Illustrator symbols with the newly released ArcGIS <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/arcgis\/products\/maps-for-adobecc\/overview\">Maps for Adobe<\/a> Creative Cloud 3.8. If you are already familiar with Adobe Illustrator symbols, then jump right to the steps. For readers who are just learning about Adobe Illustrator symbols, here are some quick facts about the convenience of these graphic design assets.<\/p>\n<h2>What are Adobe Illustrator symbols?<\/h2>\n<p>Adobe Illustrator symbols are a way to create and maintain reusable graphics for all sorts of graphic design. In that way, they are similar to ArcGIS Pro .STYLX files. In fact, users are provided with several Adobe Illustrator symbol libraries when they install Illustrator. But you can also create, maintain, and share your own <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/7O2Kj2UGBTY?si=JM_IfVfkkkW5lq4F\">custom symbol libraries<\/a>. Explore <a href=\"https:\/\/helpx.adobe.com\/illustrator\/using\/symbols.html\">more about Adobe Illustrator symbols<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Adobe Illustrator symbols are stored in the Symbols panel (Window &gt; Symbols), and can be saved as <em>libraries <\/em>as an .AI file. They work very well as cartographic points. Examine the <em>CartographySymbols.ai<\/em> file below as an example. The Symbols panel shows several icons, each with their own unique name. I dragged an instance of the <em>Bike 1\u00a0<\/em>symbol onto the Illustrator artboard (note: zoomed in 1600%). Users can place as many instances of a symbol to their artboard as they want.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2546012,"id":2546012,"title":"symb_replace_img_04","filename":"symb_replace_img_04.png","filesize":61998,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_04.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/maps-for-adobecc\/mapping\/convert-arcgis-points-to-adobe-illustrator-symbols\/symb_replace_img_04","alt":"Adobe Illustrator symbols library with bicycle symbol selected","author":"6291","description":"","caption":"","name":"symb_replace_img_04","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2545952,"date":"2024-10-27 20:53:53","modified":"2024-10-27 20:54:33","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":917,"height":541,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_04-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_04.png","medium-width":442,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_04.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":453,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_04.png","large-width":917,"large-height":541,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_04.png","1536x1536-width":917,"1536x1536-height":541,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_04.png","2048x2048-width":917,"2048x2048-height":541,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_04-788x465.png","card_image-width":788,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_04.png","wide_image-width":917,"wide_image-height":541}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h2>The benefit of converting ArcGIS Pro .AIX points to Adobe Illustrator symbols<\/h2>\n<p>Let&#8217;s go back to that bicycle symbol from above. Imagine that is the symbol that you use for all bike infrastructure across all maps. It&#8217;s immediately apparent why storing this icon as a reusable symbol saves a lot of time. It eliminates the need to re-create the symbol every time you make a map.<\/p>\n<p>Many of you are GIS folks who use ArcGIS Pro to create custom point symbols for your organization or brand. If so, you probably also save those point symbols in a .<a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/latest\/help\/projects\/styles.htm\">STYLX<\/a> file to reuse them in the future. With ArcGIS Maps for Adobe Creative Cloud 3.8, you can convert these point symbols into Adobe Illustrator symbols automatically. Here are some benefits of this workflow, followed by the two easy steps to convert your symbols.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When opening an ArcGIS Pro-created .AIX file in Adobe Illustrator, the <a href=\"https:\/\/helpx.adobe.com\/illustrator\/using\/symbols.html\">Symbols panel<\/a> for that file is automatically populated with a reusable Adobe Illustrator symbol for each point layer.<\/li>\n<li>Adobe Illustrator symbols can be globally edited. This means that you can simultaneously update every symbol instance on your map by updating the symbol in the Illustrator Symbols panel.<\/li>\n<li>Multi-layered point symbols from ArcGIS Pro are grouped together in one singular &#8220;instance&#8221; instead of being split into ungrouped Illustrator artwork. This allows for an increased ease of cartographic editing.<\/li>\n<li>Symbol instances require less memory than regular artwork. In cases where you have hundreds or thousands of points on your map, converting them to Adobe Illustrator symbols can lead to more performant files.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Step 1 &#8211; Export an AIX file from ArcGIS Pro<\/h1>\n<p>After designing your ArcGIS Pro project (must be version 3.4 or later), export the map or layout as an .AIX file. Of course, to convert ArcGIS point data to Adobe Illustrator symbols, your map needs to have points. In my map below, there are three point data layers: <em>MajorDams,\u00a0<\/em><em>Amtrak Stations,\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>Washington State Ferry Terminals.<\/em><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"sidebar","content":"<p>Another new feature in ArcGIS Maps for Adobe 3.8, allows you to convert raster points into Adobe Illustrator symbols. For more information, and to learn how to replace these raster point symbols with new vector versions, read this newly published blog <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/maps-for-adobecc\/mapping\/swap-out-your-raster-symbols-for-vector-symbols-in-adobe-illustrator\">post<\/a>. It&#8217;s a fantastic new feature that I highly recommend exploring.<\/p>\n","image_reference":false,"layout":"standard","image_reference_figure":"","snippet":"","spotlight_name":"","section_title":"","position":"Center","spotlight_image":false},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2548982,"id":2548982,"title":"symb_replace_img_01","filename":"symb_replace_img_01.png","filesize":134920,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_01.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/maps-for-adobecc\/mapping\/convert-arcgis-points-to-adobe-illustrator-symbols\/symb_replace_img_01","alt":"ArcGIS Pro Table of Contents showing point symbols","author":"6291","description":"","caption":"","name":"symb_replace_img_01","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2545952,"date":"2024-10-29 17:34:28","modified":"2024-10-29 17:34:43","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":626,"height":612,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_01-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_01.png","medium-width":267,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_01.png","medium_large-width":626,"medium_large-height":612,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_01.png","large-width":626,"large-height":612,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_01.png","1536x1536-width":626,"1536x1536-height":612,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_01.png","2048x2048-width":626,"2048x2048-height":612,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_01-476x465.png","card_image-width":476,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_01.png","wide_image-width":626,"wide_image-height":612}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2545992,"id":2545992,"title":"symb_replace_img_02","filename":"symb_replace_img_02.png","filesize":23781,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_02.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/maps-for-adobecc\/mapping\/convert-arcgis-points-to-adobe-illustrator-symbols\/symb_replace_img_02","alt":"preview of dam point symbol at 500%","author":"6291","description":"","caption":"The MajorDams symbol as seen in ArcGIS Pro Symbology Properties pane. With the new feature option, point symbology will be converted into Adobe Illustrator symbols.","name":"symb_replace_img_02","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2545952,"date":"2024-10-27 20:39:43","modified":"2024-10-28 19:59:02","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":559,"height":746,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_02-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_02.png","medium-width":196,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_02.png","medium_large-width":559,"medium_large-height":746,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_02.png","large-width":559,"large-height":746,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_02.png","1536x1536-width":559,"1536x1536-height":746,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_02.png","2048x2048-width":559,"2048x2048-height":746,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_02-348x465.png","card_image-width":348,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_02.png","wide_image-width":559,"wide_image-height":746}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>But wait \u2014 there&#8217;s more! I have also added the World Navigation vector tile basemap, which contains road shields and city point layers. Although you cannot see vector tile basemap layers listed in the ArcGIS Pro Contents pane, when you export an .AIX file, you <em>will<\/em> see all vector tile layers listed and organized in the Adobe Illustrator Layers pane. These points will also be converted to symbols. Note that sprites are raster images. Read this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/maps-for-adobecc\/mapping\/swap-out-your-raster-symbols-for-vector-symbols-in-adobe-illustrator\">new post<\/a> to learn about the new vector road shields symbol library provided with Maps for Adobe 3.8.<\/p>\n<p>To export an .AIX file from ArcGIS Pro, go to the Share tab and select Export Map or Export Layout. Then select AIX as the file type. Find more information about exporting .AIX files<a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/latest\/help\/sharing\/overview\/aix-export.htm\"> here<\/a>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2547112,"id":2547112,"title":"symb_replace_img_03","filename":"symb_replace_img_03-1.png","filesize":10097,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_03-1.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/maps-for-adobecc\/mapping\/convert-arcgis-points-to-adobe-illustrator-symbols\/symb_replace_img_03-2","alt":"Pro UI for exporting AIX","author":"6291","description":"","caption":"","name":"symb_replace_img_03-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2545952,"date":"2024-10-28 20:09:31","modified":"2024-10-28 20:09:52","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":615,"height":355,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_03-1-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_03-1.png","medium-width":452,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_03-1.png","medium_large-width":615,"medium_large-height":355,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_03-1.png","large-width":615,"large-height":355,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_03-1.png","1536x1536-width":615,"1536x1536-height":355,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_03-1.png","2048x2048-width":615,"2048x2048-height":355,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_03-1.png","card_image-width":615,"card_image-height":355,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_03-1.png","wide_image-width":615,"wide_image-height":355}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h1>Step 2 &#8211; Opt to convert points to symbols<\/h1>\n<p>After installing ArcGIS Maps for Adobe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/arcgis\/products\/maps-for-adobecc\/overview\">3.8<\/a>, the first time you open an ArcGIS Pro-exported AIX file that contains points, you will see an alert asking if you would like to convert your points to Adobe Illustrator symbols. Choosing Yes will complete the conversion. Your selection will be saved in the <a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/maps-for-adobecc\/latest\/install\/settings-window.htm\">application settings<\/a>, and you can update them at any time.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it! In fact, it&#8217;s really only one step &#8211; a new setting in ArcGIS Maps for Adobe. Continue reading to learn about the results of converting points to Adobe Illustrator symbols.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2547442,"id":2547442,"title":"symb_replace_img_05","filename":"symb_replace_img_05.png","filesize":16220,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_05.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/maps-for-adobecc\/mapping\/convert-arcgis-points-to-adobe-illustrator-symbols\/symb_replace_img_05","alt":"Alert asking users if they would like to convert points to Adobe Illustrator symbols","author":"6291","description":"","caption":"","name":"symb_replace_img_05","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2545952,"date":"2024-10-28 21:45:45","modified":"2024-10-28 21:46:13","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":529,"height":210,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_05-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_05.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":184,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_05.png","medium_large-width":529,"medium_large-height":210,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_05.png","large-width":529,"large-height":210,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_05.png","1536x1536-width":529,"1536x1536-height":210,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_05.png","2048x2048-width":529,"2048x2048-height":210,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_05.png","card_image-width":529,"card_image-height":210,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_05.png","wide_image-width":529,"wide_image-height":210}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2550222,"id":2550222,"title":"symb_replace_img_09","filename":"symb_replace_img_09.png","filesize":25110,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_09.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/maps-for-adobecc\/mapping\/convert-arcgis-points-to-adobe-illustrator-symbols\/symb_replace_img_09","alt":"ArcGIS Maps for Adobe application settings","author":"6291","description":"","caption":"At any time, users can update the Maps for Adobe application settings to turn on or off point symbol conversion.","name":"symb_replace_img_09","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2545952,"date":"2024-10-29 22:31:30","modified":"2024-11-13 18:26:08","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":442,"height":422,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_09-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_09.png","medium-width":273,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_09.png","medium_large-width":442,"medium_large-height":422,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_09.png","large-width":442,"large-height":422,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_09.png","1536x1536-width":442,"1536x1536-height":422,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_09.png","2048x2048-width":442,"2048x2048-height":422,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_09.png","card_image-width":442,"card_image-height":422,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_09.png","wide_image-width":442,"wide_image-height":422}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h2>Symbol conversion results<\/h2>\n<h3>1. A nicely populated and saveable Symbols pane<\/h3>\n<p>Because I opted to convert my points to Adobe Illustrator symbols, my Symbols pane is loaded with symbols representing each point layer on my map &#8211; including the vector tile basemap points. Below shows my Symbols pane containing the <em>MajorDams, Amtrak Stations<\/em>, and <em>Washington State Ferry Terminals<\/em> symbols along with the road shields and city points from the World Navigation vector tile basemap. Don&#8217;t forget to check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/maps-for-adobecc\/mapping\/swap-out-your-raster-symbols-for-vector-symbols-in-adobe-illustrator\">this new blog article <\/a>describing how you can replace the road shield vector tile raster points with vector symbols. Additionally, if you wanted save these symbols as reusable graphics, click the Symbol pane&#8217;s hamburger menu &gt; Save Symbol Library, and then save it as an .AI file.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2547602,"id":2547602,"title":"symb_replace_img_06","filename":"symb_replace_img_06.png","filesize":54509,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_06.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/maps-for-adobecc\/mapping\/convert-arcgis-points-to-adobe-illustrator-symbols\/symb_replace_img_06","alt":"Adobe Illustrator Symbols panel populated with my map's symbols","author":"6291","description":"","caption":"","name":"symb_replace_img_06","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2545952,"date":"2024-10-28 22:27:08","modified":"2024-10-28 22:27:27","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":549,"height":552,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_06-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_06.png","medium-width":260,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_06.png","medium_large-width":549,"medium_large-height":552,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_06.png","large-width":549,"large-height":552,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_06.png","1536x1536-width":549,"1536x1536-height":552,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_06.png","2048x2048-width":549,"2048x2048-height":552,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_06-462x465.png","card_image-width":462,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_06.png","wide_image-width":549,"wide_image-height":552}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3><strong>2. 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If you wanted to copy and make a second version, then learn about creating custom symbol libraries<a href=\"https:\/\/helpx.adobe.com\/illustrator\/using\/symbols.html\">\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Exit Symbol Editing Mode to see the changes on all your symbol instances on the map.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2547612,"id":2547612,"title":"symb_replace_img_07","filename":"symb_replace_img_07.png","filesize":4249,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/symb_replace_img_07.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/maps-for-adobecc\/mapping\/convert-arcgis-points-to-adobe-illustrator-symbols\/symb_replace_img_07","alt":"Exit symbol editing mode in Adobe Illustrator","author":"6291","description":"","caption":"Double-clicking a symbol in the Symbols pane brings you in Symbol Editing Mode for that symbol. 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When signed in with an ArcGIS Online, point layers <a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/maps-for-adobecc\/latest\/sync-content\/sync.htm\">synced<\/a> directly from Maps for Adobe in Illustrator will not be converted to Adobe Illustrator symbols. When signed in with an Enterprise 11.4 (or later) account, symbols will be converted. However \u2014 as always \u2014any user can replace any point layer with symbols. See &#8220;<em>Replace map symbology on a downloaded file&#8221;\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/maps-for-adobecc\/latest\/sync-content\/processes.htm\">here<\/a> for the symbology replacement steps.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Custom vector tile basemaps. <\/strong>If you create your own custom vector tile basemaps that contain point layers created from sprites, those points will also be conveniently converted to Adobe Illustrator symbols. This includes vector tile basemaps created with the Esri Vector Tile <a href=\"https:\/\/vtse.arcgis.com\/\">Style Editor.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Converting all points. <\/strong>With this setting turned on (see image above), all points in your map will convert to Adobe Illustrator symbols. This includes raster sprite points from vector tile basemaps. Proportional symbology and dot density dots will not be converted to symbols, nor will <span data-teams=\"true\">unclassed symbols as the statistical nature of these visualizations cause for a massive amount of permutations, and would crash your Illustrator program.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","image_reference":false,"layout":"standard","image_reference_figure":"","snippet":"","spotlight_name":"","section_title":"","position":"Center","spotlight_image":false}],"authors":[{"ID":6291,"user_firstname":"Sarah","user_lastname":"Bell","nickname":"Sarah Bell","user_nicename":"sarahbell","display_name":"Sarah Bell","user_email":"SBell@esri.com","user_url":"https:\/\/behance.net\/sarahbellmaps","user_registered":"2018-03-02 00:18:10","user_description":"Datavisualization, Mapping, Climbing and life in the Pacific Northwest. I've written a book full of ArcGIS Maps for Adobe Illustrator tutorials called Mapping by Design: A Guide to ArcGIS Maps for Adobe Creative Cloud. 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