Edit generated patterns

Select Object > Pattern > Generate Patterns to open the Generate Patterns panel.

Hover over a variation, select More options   , and then select Edit Pattern. Even when you edit a generated pattern from the Generate Patterns panel, the corresponding swatch in the Swatches panel (Window > Swatches) gets updated. The original variation in the Generate Patterns panel remains unchanged.

In the Pattern Options dialog box, set the following options as needed:

• Name: Type a swatch name.
• Width and Height: Type the required dimensions for the pattern tile.
• Size Tile to Art: Select to fit the tile size to the artwork boundary.
• Move Tile with Art: Select to move the tile boundary with the artwork.
• Overlap: Select an option to determine whether artwork in the tile overlaps in front of or behind adjacent tiles.
• Copies: Select the number of tile copies to display in the preview.
• Dim Copies to: Adjust the transparency of the repeated tiles in the preview.
• Show Tile Edge: Select to display the tile boundary while editing.
• Show Swatch Bounds: Select to display the boundary of the pattern swatch while editing.

Select Done in the pattern editing bar at the top of the canvas.