Simplify Art

1. Create a new Adobe Illustrator document.

2. Import the ukrail.gen file from the Tutorial Data folder and specify British National Grid as the coordinate system. It is located under Projected > Europe > United Kingdom.

3. Select all objects in the ukrail_line layer and click the Simplify Art button on the MAPublisher toolbar.

4. In the Simplify Art dialogue box, choose the Douglas-Peucker method, enter 2000 in the Proximity box and choose Meter in the Units drop-down list.

5. Click Preview to see a preview of the simplified data with the current settings.

Notice that the Simplify Art tool will simplify 17,186 vertices to 8,756 vertices (a vertex reduction of 50%.)

6. Click OK to start the simplification process.

The selected art is now simplified based on a proximity value of two kilometres (2000 meters)

7. Close the document without saving.

Want to follow along to this tutorial?

Please see our corresponding YouTube videos for the various MAPublisher tutorials covered in our online documentation!*

* Providing a general overview of the steps covered in this tutorial, our Simplify Art video tutorial will walk you through the simplifying art process in MAPublisher.