A Smarter Way to Clean Up Vector Files in Illustrator
Stop zooming around looking for stray paths. This script locates them, highlights them, and closes them if you want — all in one clean toolkit.
🧵 New Script: Instantly Find & Fix Open Paths in Adobe Illustrator
If you’ve ever exported an SVG or prepped a file for laser cutting only to discover some sneaky open paths, this one’s for you.
I just released a 2-script bundle that takes the pain out of finding and fixing open paths in Adobe Illustrator. It’s lightweight, no-install, and designed to speed up your workflow.
⚡ What It Does
Script 1:
FindOpenPaths.jsx
Highlights every open path in your document with a bold orange dashed line, selects them, and zooms in so you don’t have to hunt them down manually.Script 2:
CloseOpenPaths.jsx
Instantly closes all open paths with one click.
Use them together or separately. I built these because I was tired of wasting time trying to manually inspect messy client files or QA work headed to production.
🧩 Perfect For
Prepress & print cleanup
Laser cutting / engraving
Exporting SVGs or DXFs
Anyone sick of Illustrator’s “nothing selected” export errors
📦 Grab the Bundle Here
👉 https://natalie21.gumroad.com/l/paths-scripts
If you’ve ever opened a file and thought “what even is this line doing here?” — this is for you. Clean files, faster delivery, less headache.
Let me know what you’d like added next — I’m thinking a “close only selected paths” option for more control?
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Natalie