Re: Adobe Illustrator Path Area
Re: Adobe Illustrator Path Area
- Subject: Re: Adobe Illustrator Path Area
- From: "koenig.yvan" <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 07 May 2014 22:24:19 +0200
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
What if you create three squares and assemble them to build a single path ? Maybe you will get a positive value. I'm just guessing that maybe grouping an even number of objects give a negative value and that grouping an odd number returns a positive one. In such a case you will have (1) to file a bug report to Adobe (2) use the ABS value of the result.
Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) mercredi 7 mai 2014 22:23:10
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