Sechs-Ecken-Objekt mit InDesign CS3-Script / JavaScript ???

Question

Hallo.
Können Sie mir evtl.  helfen? Siehe Bild im Anhang.
Wie kann ich dieses Sechs-Ecken-Objekt (Kontur 1 Pkt nach innen) mit Indesign-Script erstellen ? (InDesign CS3-Script / JavaScript)
myPolySCHATTEN = myDocument.pages.item(0).polygons.add();   ???
oder mit
myPath = myDocument.paths.item(0).add();                                  ???
Oder... ????
Freundliche Grüße,
AndreasRoe aus Germany

Answer 1

Piece of cake.
You can either create a default Rectangle or Polygon, and add and move the points around, or -- my preferred way -- add a GraphicLine and add the other points to that path, until you are nearly done. Then set the path type to "Closed", and you are really done.
For starters, let's create a regular rectangle the hard way:
var hoehe = 10;
var breite = 20;
newrect = app.activeDocument.graphicLines.add ();
newrect.paths[0].pathPoints[0].anchor = [0,0];
newrect.paths[0].pathPoints[1].anchor = [0, hoehe];
newrect.paths[0].pathPoints.add({anchor:[breite,hoehe]});
newrect.paths[0].pathPoints.add({anchor:[breite,0]});
newrect.paths[0].pathType = PathType.CLOSED_PATH;
Run this and experiment with breite / höhe.
If you look at your drawing, you can see you need an inset value for the chopped off corners. You can also see where to add the new points, when you start counting at top left. That results in this -- notice how breite / höhe are adjusted one by one:
var hoehe = 50;
var breite = 100;
var inset = 4;
newrect = app.activeDocument.graphicLines.add ();
newrect.paths[0].pathPoints[0].anchor = [0,0];
newrect.paths[0].pathPoints[1].anchor = [0, hoehe - inset];
newrect.paths[0].pathPoints.add({anchor:[inset,hoehe]});
newrect.paths[0].pathPoints.add({anchor:[breite,hoehe]});
newrect.paths[0].pathPoints.add({anchor:[breite,inset]});
newrect.paths[0].pathPoints.add({anchor:[breite-inset,0]});
newrect.paths[0].pathType = PathType.CLOSED_PATH;