Pen tool keeps deleting anchor point

when i click on a point. if i want to place a point on top of a point, how do i click on it so it doesn't get deleted?
thanks

Many people seem to confuse joining with averaging. Like Ray says, only endpoints can be joined. In your case you don't need to join the points. Select the points you want to have in the same position and Cmd-alt-J, Both, and all the points will hop to the average position.
Alternatively you can snap an endpoint to an anchor point. Put your cursor on the selected endpoint that you want to move and drag it till it snaps onto the anchor point you're aiming at.

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MAGNETIC PEN TOOL, AUTO DELETE ANCHOR POINT.

MAGNETIC PEN TOOL, AUTO DELETE ANCHOR POINT.
How would you like the feature to work?
like pen tool in AI, when clicking out around shape and creating anchor points, ability to hover over previous anchors and click on them to delete them,
also right click to automatically delete most recent path created , and ability for consecutive right clicks to keep deleting previous segments of anchor and path.
Why is this feature important to you?
easier editability on the fly with the magnetic pen tool..

Many people seem to confuse joining with averaging. Like Ray says, only endpoints can be joined. In your case you don't need to join the points. Select the points you want to have in the same position and Cmd-alt-J, Both, and all the points will hop to the average position.
Alternatively you can snap an endpoint to an anchor point. Put your cursor on the selected endpoint that you want to move and drag it till it snaps onto the anchor point you're aiming at.

How do I fix my Pen Tool/Delete Anchor Point Tool in Illustrator?

Problem One - I'm trying to change the form of my shape, and all of a sudden my Delete Anchor Point Tool isn't working. I'm clicking (and zoomed in A LOT) and it's not clicking on or deleting any of my anchor points.
Problem Two - I'm not sure if it's just the slow speed of my work computer, but I'm trying to trace a shape in a photo that I have locked in the background, and when I click my pen tool it makes the point like 2 to 5 pixels away from where I'm clicking, so I can't precisely trace the shape that I would like to.
Any tips and help on this ASAP would be great! Getting stuck like this is throwing off my productivity and it's very frustrating!
Thank you!

The problem was Google Chrome browser! As soon as I quit Chrome my pen tool started working again. I didn't even need to restart Fireworks. I wonder if it is a conflict with one of my plugins/add ons. Most likely.
UPDATE - I did narrow it down to one specific Google Chrome extension. It was "Google Play Music"

Help! I can't delete anchor points with the Delete Anchor Point Tool

I have a shape in illustrator CS6 that I'm trying to edit. When I try to click on a point with the Delete Anchor Point Tool nothing happens however I am able to select the point using the Direct Selection Tool and then remove it using the "Remove selected anchor points" option in the Control palette. Same issue with trying to use the Convert Anchor Point Tool.
Any ideas what's going wrong here?

Another thought. If there are multiple nodes in that one spot, you may have to use the remove anchor point repeatedly to get rid of them all. It looks like you deleted the point and nothing happens, but really you are just seeing another node that was very close to the one you just deleted.
If you select drag over them with the white arrow tool and choose remove anchor points it will remove them all at once.

Deleting anchor point, deletes entire path

Need a solution...when I create a path with the pen tool I am unable to delete anchor points without deleting the entire path. Using the Pen tool + option reveals the white arrow (Direct Selection Tool) - I click and drag a box around the desired anchor point - the selected point is then black - all other points along the path are not filled with black - hence they are not selected - I hit the delete button - instead of the single selected point being deleted, the path is deleted. In the past I would have to quit and reboot PS to clear the problem - that fix is no longer working.
Any suggestions. Thanks.
CS4
Mac 10.6.4
4GB RAM

Had another look at this and I will try to be as brief as possible.
I forgot to point out in my first comment that I had auto add/delete points selected and with that selected the pen tool autmatically shows the delete point tool when the tool is over a point. Clicking would then remove the point and the path direction will be modified. It is not possible to remove a point from a bezier path without modifying the paths direction, or to remove an end point from a path, this is the mathmatical law involved. If you need a gap in the path, place a new point either side of the required gap the delete the path between them. T modify the end of a path, ie. shorten it, you will still need to place a point where you desire the path to end. If as you suggest the whole path is deleted I can only imagine you may be accidentaly double deleting, as the whole of the path becomes selected when you have deleted a point and a second click will delete the rest of the path.
I have tried to reproduce your problem and so this is what i can come up with. I have been using Adobe Illustrator an Photoshop since 1990 and I have not come across this before.
Hope you find a solution as i do appreciate the frustration it can cause.
Mac Pro 2 x 2.8 GHz Quad Core, OSX 10.5.8, 6 GB Nvidia 8800GT, PS CS5.
Regards

Cannot delete anchor points

For some reason, I cannot delete anchor points in Flash. I
have tried both the subselection tool and the pen tool. Does anyone
have any idea what gives?

I found the problem. I wasn't opening the drawing object
layer. It's a little different in Fireworks.

Bug when deleting anchor points

I think I discovered a bug. Say this is a line with anchor points:
x---x---x---x---x---x---x
And this is what I want to achieve using the Delete Anchor Point Tool:
x-----------x-----------x
Then this is as far as I'm actually able to get:
x-------x---x-----------x
Because for some reason, if I delete the 2nd anchor point, the 3rd will be deleted too. I can, however, delete the 3rd without deleting the 2nd.
It is only after I've moved the 3rd further away that I'm able to delete the 2nd, but this gets tiring after a while.
I'm using Flash CS5.5.
--Dwayne

If you think you have discovered a bug, you should report it to Adobe. These are user-to-user forums, so reporting it here is just telling everybody else that uses the software, which in some cases can lead to someone explaining that it is not a bug, but in any case, posting here more often than not won't get Adobe's attention. If you want to be sure it comes to Adobe's attention use the link below...
Adobe - Wishlist & Bug Report
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform

Can you automatically delete anchor points when a new image is placed on top - so that it 'replaces'

Hi all,
I know that I can delete anchor points but I was wondering if there is a shortcut to do it on a larger scale.
Can you automatically delete anchor points when a new image is placed on top - so that it 'replaces' the image, only on the parts obviously that you cover with the new one.
Thank you all

Hi,
I'm using CS6, and I have a tree vector image, and I am trying to put names on top, but when I do this to keep it clean with no anchor points (as my other software cant read it with all the points in it) I have to manually delete each one but it deletes the whole path and I then end up with a tree, names on top, and a big gappy circle around the names.
So really, I wanted to add the names on top, and have that delete all anchors underneath .
Does this make sense? :S

Holding down mouse in Pen tool drops a new point

I am using the pen tool to trace around an object that has curves. If I click and hold down my mouse for like a second, trying to figure out the best curvature, PS creates a new anchor point right there. This doesn't happen on my PC - only on my Mac. Not surprised there. Does anyone know why this may be happening. I know it seems like a small deal, but it's just another little glitch that seem to pop up more frequently on my Mac vs my PC. Thanks

Mr. Katz was talking about the fact that there are two tools housed in the toolbox at the pen location: The Pen tool and the Freeform Pen tool. And if you happen to be using the latter, the options bar offers a toggle for magnetic operation. I was just making sure you were using the former.

I am using CS6 and when I use the pen tool, it deletes the inside image not the outside image

I have been using photoshop cs5 and cs6 for a while but I have never encountered this problem. Whenever I use the pen tool to trace an object and I close the traced object, it deletes the object i traced and not the background. It is really anoying and I cant change it. I have spentt a fair amount of time trying to change it but i dont know how. Can someone please help I have also looked online but there is nothin to help.
Thankyou Alex

Hi,
It's probably the path operations setting.
The default setting in photoshop cs6 is Exclude Overlapping Shapes and you could also use Combine Shapes.

Tools related to anchor points are not working, can't add a point to paths or convert a point.

Having a lot of issues manipulating points on paths in Illustrator CC - this is a fundamental feature of creating vector graphics and it's very annoying I'm paying for this and it's just not working. Eating up a lot of my time simply because I can't select or convert or add the anchor.

bella,
Presuming we are not just talking about more or less hidden Anchor Points as in View>Show/Hide Edges/Bounding Box, you may try to start on the following list (5) seems unlikely in this case).
You may try the following (you may have tried/done some of them already) and see whether it helps (the following is a general list of things you may try when the issue is not in a specific file; 3) and 4) are specifically aimed at possibly corrupt preferences):
1) Close down Illy and open again;
2) Restart the computer (you may do that up to 3 times);
3) Close down Illy and press Ctrl+Alt+Shift/Cmd+Option+Shift during startup (easy but irreversible);
4) Move the folder Other options (follow the link with that name) with Illy closed (more tedious but also more thorough and reversible);
5) Look through and try out the relevant among the Other options (follow the link with that name, Item 7) is a list of usual suspects among other applications that may disturb and confuse Illy, Item 15) applies to CC, CS6, and maybe CS5);
Even more seriously, you may:
6) Uninstall, run the Cleaner Tool (if you have CS3/CS4/CS5/CS6/CC), and reinstall.
http://www.adobe.com/support/contact/cscleanertool.html

Inaccurate pen tool / pen tool snaps to undefined point

HELP Adobe! Why is it so that I can't make an accurate point placement when I have turned off all "snap to"-options?! This is driving me crazy! I need to rely on accuracy when working with points in pen tool. Please fix this!

Limilitious,
In cases like this (without seing the video), the first guess is Align to Pixel Grid
You may select everything and then untick Align to Pixel Grid in the Transform pallete, and also untick Align New Objects to Pixel Grid in the flyout options.
You may avoid document types with that as default (RGB for web and the like) or change the default for such documents.

Please use the convert anchor point tool on an anchor point of path

whenever i try to pull out a path i get this error
i'm new to illustrator

Hello,
Could you please check if you do not have 'Snap to Grid' turned ON and 'Snap to Point' unchecked in the View menu? If yes, please turn ON 'Snap to Point' or uncheck both. Please let me know your observation.
Regards,
Dhirendra

Pen Tools in Illustrator has changed

A program should make it easier to work with after every upgrade. In Illustrator it is every time when we buy an upgrade that it is getting more difficult to work with the program. This time they changed the pen tool. In CS2 we could use a short cut to change the pen tools to add anchor point or to switch between the different pen tools, staying in the standard pen tool. Now every time we have to go back to the menu to change the tool. It adds only an incredible amount of time to work with the program. Why did they change this?

Larry he did not have the keyboard shortcuts that check box does not effect the command keys, the option key or the - or = key. I read what he wrote very carefully you and James did not read it carefully.
If he wrote that when he hoover the pen tool over a path or anchor he did not get the plus or minus anchor point tool I would have responded as you and James suggested.
It was my first thought as well but that was not what Paul wrote. Is that OK?
Paul
In the preferences under general there is a option to shut off auto add or minus anchor points it is labeled as Disable Auto Add/Delete. It will not give you the pen tool with the - or + sign if you hoover over a path or anchor point but does not effect the keyboard shortcuts.
Don't worry about this they are just trying to show me up because they have a thing with life.

CS4 Pen Tool problem

I'm using CS4 on a Mac OS X 10.5.5 and I can't for the life of me figure out why when using the pen tool my a anchor points are coming out the back of the pen... literally. So when I click and think its going where I tell it to, it comes out the back. I'm losing my mind.. any ideas ? Please tell me I'm an idiot and it's a simple fix
Thanks for any help

Simple enough to work out, every time you reset the screen mode (F key) it has to redraw the entire workspace. So graphics card has ro re-render
The displacement I think, although I'm not sure, may have something to do with rulers (command R), and accomodating the ruler space. CS4 is the first time they wrote all the Open GL features, and they made some decision at the start that certain older versions of Open GL could not be fully supported for some reason. If you upgrade your graphics card you will find that this problem dissappears.

Pen tool keeps deleting anchor point

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