retreive path points of a shape

Question

Hello

I have a shape layer with only one path. I would like to retreive the points of the path

My layer :

“Arrow”

|_Content

|_”CArrow”

|_”CPath”

|_Path

My code

comp=app.project.activeItem;
shape=comp.layer("Arrow");

//I try these two possibilities
sPath=shape.content("CArrow").content("CPath");
sPath=shape.content("CArrow").content("CPath").path;

//I also try these two possibilities
sPoints=sPath.points(); //I got an error

sPoints=sPath.points; //I got “undefined”

I don’t understand where is my error. Could someone explain how to retreive points coordinates ?

Dan Ebberts · Accepted Answer

The key is that for scripting, you’ll need to use .vertices instead of .points(). I’m not sure how you have things named, but it will probably look like this:

var comp=app.project.activeItem;
var shape=comp.layer("Arrow");

var myPath = shape.property("Contents").property("CArrow").property("Contents").property("Path 1").property("Path").value;
var myPoints = myPath.vertices;

Bubarnet · Answer

Ok I find the problem :This code works well if I write it in a layer (for exeample in a text layer->source textthisComp.layer("Arrow").content("CArrow").content("CPath").path.points();But if I write this in a jsx file----Code---  var comp = app.project.activeItem; // Récupérer la composition active  comp.layer("Arrow").content("CArrow").content("CPath").path.points();---End code---that I launch by File->scripts->Execute file script (not sur of the name, I’m using a french version of After Effects), it doesn’t work anymore.

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