Document setup (artboard resizing) parameter request
Hi all. This is the best place I could find. I was looking for some feature request form but I couldn't.
Anyway just like in Photoshop I wish we could use a registration point for resizing the artboard. In other words it would be great if we could select the reference point from which the artboard would take its base while resizing such as top left, top mid, top right, mid left, mid mid, mid right, bottom left, bottom mid, bottom right.
Also, it would be handy if we could have an option to select where the ruler numbers start, such as the top of the document for the vertical ruler...
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"...do you think anybody from Adobe reads these posts..."
There is absolute evidence that
somebody
from Adobe reads the Feature Request sections of the various forums in an official capacity. We even get occasional responses. But it's difficult to quantify how often they read, and how much consideration the requests are given in comparison to similar requests that are expressed by "well-known" users of higher public profile (e.g. 3rd-party book authors, video and website producers).
The only, best things we can do when we make requests is to be as clear and focused in our writing as we can, to present the ideas in a professional attitude-neutral style as possible.
The engineers who might take feature requests under consideration aren't mind-readers, and don't have any obligation to put up with personal rants and bluster.
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Script for Document Setup size...
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I have a request for a script, not sure how one would go about it but here we go.
An AI CS4 user selects a shape, they then execute a script that...
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Then a rectangle is drawn in the document and is sized the same as the art board.
Any help would be great!!!
Thanks in advanced.
AntonAll,
I am tweaking this script again and have run into a road block that you may have a simple answer for. When I execute this script when selecting a single object it works perfect, if I execute it while selecting a group of objects the script will not apply the spot color to the selection. The script will however do everything but apply the spot color. Here is the latest edit. Thanks for any input.
Anton
#target illustrator
function main() {
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} else {
var docRef = app.activeDocument;
with (docRef) {
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} else {
var ccSpotColor = cmykColor(0, 100, 0, 0);
var ccCol = spots.add()
ccCol.name = 'CC';
ccCol.color = ccSpotColor;
ccCol.tint = 100;
ccCol.colorType = ColorModel.SPOT;
var cc = new SpotColor();
cc.spot = ccCol;
var selVB = selection[0].visibleBounds;
var rectTop = selVB[1] + 36;
var rectLeft = selVB[0] - 36;
var rectWidth = (selVB[2] - selVB[0]) + 72;
var rectHeight = (selVB[1] - selVB[3]) + 72;
selection[0].parent.name = 'ARTWORK';
selection[0].filled = false;
selection[0].stroked = true;
selection[0].strokeColor = cc;
selection[0].strokeWidth = 1;
var regLayer = layers.add(); // Creates Regmark Layer
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var tcLayer = layers.add(); // Creates TC Layer
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var ccLayer = layers.add(); // Creates CC Layer
ccLayer.name = 'CC';
var Cutline = selection[0]
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ThroughCutBox.stroked = false;
ThroughCutBox.filled = true;
var tcSpotColor = cmykColor(0, 100, 90, 0);
var tcCol = spots.add()
tcCol.name = 'TC';
tcCol.color = tcSpotColor;
tcCol.tint = 100;
tcCol.colorType = ColorModel.SPOT;
var tc = new SpotColor();
tc.spot = tcCol;
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redraw();
rectWidth = (rectWidth-72)/72;
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french,
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As far as I remember, you may DoubleClick the Artboard Tool, if you
have CS4 (maybe CS3, too).
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I am still with 10.
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