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‎Apr 23, 2019
07:11 PM
Thanks Jacob. Yeah, definitely one of the alternative ways of achieving what used to be a simple matter of dragging up the bounding box. I appreciate the suggestion.
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‎Apr 23, 2019
05:47 PM
that is true, but the transform panel doesn't allow me to direct in which direction the object(s) scale; it's essentially the same as Option-dragging (constrained proportions). Transforming scales the objects from the center out. Previous iterations of Illustrator never had this problem, and it's messing with my work flow
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‎Apr 23, 2019
04:37 PM
"convert shape to path" is not an option for me. but thanks for the reply!
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‎Apr 23, 2019
02:49 PM
I'm going to do my best to describe a situation that's been bothering me lately; please bear with me. I'd like to scale the group of objects on the right to match the height of the objects on the left. No biggie, right? So I select them, drag the bounding box upward to match the height of the objects on the left... BUT! Something's different here—because instead of the objects on the right now being the same height as the ones on the left, they stay centered in the bounding box! Can someone please help me understand what's going on here? I'm not sure if I accidentally clicked something or what, but this has become a real nuisance for my workflow. Any help resolving this would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!
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‎Mar 12, 2018
06:30 PM
AH! I deleted line 10 and 14, and it rotates everything once and stops! I think that's it! Thank you so much renél80416020
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‎Mar 12, 2018
06:13 PM
ooh! I changed line 10 so that: i < 2 and it only repeats the cycle once. that's a start!
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‎Mar 12, 2018
06:04 PM
so fun to watch! interesting how this script repeats multiple times—but DOES eventually do exactly what I want! is there any way to only rotate each object once, and then stop?
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‎Mar 11, 2018
03:23 PM
haha thanks for the nudge(s) in the right direction(s...s...s)!
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‎Mar 11, 2018
02:56 PM
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I definitely appreciate the difference in scripting—there are just situations where the same operation applied to ungrouped objects would be ideal. Apologies for being a pest, but I'm learning from these examples! Much appreciation for your patience with me
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‎Mar 11, 2018
02:32 PM
BUT! ...this doesn't work for objects that AREN'T grouped haha. SO, how to modify the last script to work for ungrouped items? thanks again! i super appreciate your help with this!!
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‎Mar 11, 2018
02:13 PM
this works like a charm! thank you so much!!
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‎Mar 11, 2018
12:09 PM
@pixxxel schubser Okay so, each group is the shape you see with no-fill and no-stroke square around it. By grouping these two elements, I am able to define and maintain a center point around which the group can rotate. I use an invisible square because I will be arranging the objects on a grid with zero padding between them, so the square is the the most helpful bounding shape; the structure of the grid. As I already have scripts to distribute stacked objects to a grid, my next desire is to be able to randomly rotate each object in the grid by either 90, 180, 270, or 360 (or zero; which i understand that this doesn't appear to affect the object, but i'm okay with some selected objects not rotating so long as 75% of the others do) degrees. In this way, the result is a new variation of pattern; the starting shapes no longer all face the same direction and angle. Essentially, this is a geometric pattern generator for shapes on a grid.
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‎Mar 11, 2018
11:37 AM
so i'm noticing that only the top object of the stack is affected; which in this case, is the triangle.
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‎Mar 11, 2018
11:31 AM
hmm...all i'm getting from running this script is a text list of the operation 'performed'... but no transformation of the objects.
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‎Mar 11, 2018
11:24 AM
cool—thanks for the reply! seems to be a step in the right direction, but only one object selected in a group rotates when i run the script. then, if i run the script again, i get nothing and have to re-select the group...only to have one object affected by the script.
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‎Mar 10, 2018
02:45 PM
To elaborate... I already have a script for randomly rotating objects, but for this particular project I don't want them to rotate randomly from range of degrees; I'm looking for a way to randomly rotate a group of objects at either 90, 180, 270, or 360 degrees only. I approached an engineer friend about this, and her suggestion was this: var randNum = random.(0,3); // pick random # in range var degrees = [90, 180, 270, 360]; var myRandDegree = degrees[randNum]; At this point, I generally understand the general principle of mapping 1-4 to the degrees I want to rotate, but—as I am not a programmer—I'm looking for help in getting the syntax of the script straight. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance! *Also, would there be a way of applying this concept to randomly coloring a group of objects with a specific color palette? That would also be very useful.
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‎Dec 28, 2016
01:35 PM
Instant fix for me "close and relaunch InDesign, and IMMEDIATELY hold down Ctrl + Alt + Shift (Windows) or Cmd + Ctrl + Opt + Shift (Mac), and respond in the affirmative to the dialog asking if you really want to replace the preferences" Troubleshooting 101: Replace, or "trash" your InDesign preferences
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