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Le 07/05/2014 à 09:51, Robert Stott <email@hidden> a écrit :

Hi,

I’m trying to find the area of a closed path in Adobe Illustrator. The following script works for a simple square:

tell application "Adobe Illustrator"
tell front document

set theAreas to area of path item 1

end tell
end tell

However, it gives some strange results for even slightly more complex path items. For example, if I make a square of 100x100pt then I get an area of 10000pt as I’d expect.

If I duplicate the square, position it so the corners of two squares just slightly overlap then combine them to make one object (using Pathfinder>Unite) then I’d expect an area of just under 20000pt. (2*10000pt minus the overlap area). Instead, I get the result -1.9977919921875E+4. A minus area? Really?

Am I doing something dumb, perhaps misunderstanding what the ‘area’ property is? Is there a better method of determining the area of a closed path item?

I’d appreciate your ideas on this one!

Thanks in advance
Rob