Re: scripting Illustrator CS6
Re: scripting Illustrator CS6
- Subject: Re: scripting Illustrator CS6
- From: "Jacopille, David" <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 21:24:40 +0000
- Thread-topic: scripting Illustrator CS6
Phil,
Here is a simple script to get you going. Hopefully you can take it from
here.
Dave
tell application "Adobe Illustrator"
set automatedBars to make new document with properties {color space:CMYK,
width:8.5 * 72, height:11 * 72}
tell automatedBars
set xDrawLocation to 25 -- left margin of box, which will be moved to
right for each box
set meterBarWidth to 15
repeat with theIncrement from 1 to 20
set meterBarHeight to 5 * theIncrement -- transform the increment into
actual bar height
make new path item at beginning with properties {entire
path:{{xDrawLocation, 200} ￢
, {xDrawLocation, 200 + meterBarHeight} ￢
, {xDrawLocation + meterBarWidth, 200 + meterBarHeight} ￢
, {xDrawLocation + meterBarWidth, 200}, ￢
{xDrawLocation, 200}} ￢
, stroke width:(1), filled:false, opacity:100.0, stroke cap:butted,
stroked:true}
set xDrawLocation to xDrawLocation + 25
end repeat
end tell
end tell
On 10/17/14, 1:29 PM, "2551" <email@hidden> wrote:
>Thanks, Dave
>
>I have the scripting guide. That was what caused me to ask for advice,
>cos it looks like a heavy learning curve, and I'm not exactly new to
>AppleScript... :)
>
>It ain't no 5-minute job to do it manually, which is why I want to script
>it. For each 5% increment and export, it's about about a minute to a
>minute and a half. Multiply that by 19 x 3 sets, it's at least an hour of
>manual repetitive work. Seems to me like ideal scripting work, if I can
>figure out the basic template of a script. :)
>
>
>
>
>
>> On 18 Oct 2014, at 00:23, Jacopille, David <email@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> Phil,
>>
>> I disagree that it is an ideal task for automation.
>>
>> Doing this manually seems like a 5 minute job in Illustrator. I¹m
>>pretty
>> fluent in scripting Illustrator and even I would do this manually.
>>
>> That being said, give it a try. Adobe has great documentation with good
>> examples. Google for Adobe Illustrator Applescripting Guide.
>> Illustrator¹s object model is well organized and enjoyable to work with.
>>
>> But you need more than 5 minutes.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>> On 10/17/14, 1:04 PM, "2551" <email@hidden> wrote:
>>
>>> Are there any experienced Adobe Illustrator CS6 scripters on board?
>>>
>>> I need a head start on what is, on the face of it, the perfect task for
>>> automation. However, this is one app I've never scripted before and
>>>I'm a
>>> bit wary of investing more hours creating a working script than it
>>>would
>>> actually to take do the job manually.
>>>
>>> This is what I need to do:
>>>
>>> Basically, I have a set of custom made level meter icons for my app
>>>that
>>> consist of two objects in the artboard that I need to produce png's in
>>> x1, x2, and x3 scales. I need to adjust each object with a fixed height
>>> but variable length between the relative values of 5:95 all the way
>>> through to 95:5 in 5% increments.
>>>
>>> In other words, if Image 1 is height 5px, and width 100px, then both
>>> objects in the artboard start at height 5px and their relative widths
>>> start at
>>>
>>> Object A: 5px; Object B: 95px
>>>
>>> I need to produce 19 images for every width value between A:5px, B:95px
>>> and A:95px, B:5px in 5 pixel increments.
>>>
>>> I then need to produce all those images at x1, x2, and x3 (i.e., if x1
>>>is
>>> width: 100 pixels, height 5 pixels, I need to reproduce all 19 images
>>>at
>>> those values and also 19 images each at width: 200, height 10, and
>>>width
>>> 300 and height 15).
>>>
>>> If any one can help me with a heads-up on how to get started building
>>> such a script, it'd be much appreciated.
>>>
>>>
>>> Best
>>>
>>>
>>> Phil
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