Learn how to scatter symbols randomly with your current paths using extendscript.
Free script used in script:
(by Qwertyfly)
https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1840108
You may either copy and paste script inside Adobe ExtendScript Toolkit and run.
Or you can create an empty text document and paste code inside and save it with a jsx extension. (I.E.:random_scatter_with_symbols.jsx)
After that, you may copy script file inside Adobe Illustrator - Scripts folder and run directly from Illustrator from File - Scripts.
Script might take minutes so don't panic and try not to use with thousands of paths. Illustrator might freeze but at some point it will complete the script.
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