Change settings in the perspective grid from a plugin?

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October 9, 2025
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Is there any way that a c++ plugin can change settings in the Adobe Illustrator perspective grid? I found the suites to set active planes and to manipulate art on the grid, but I need to adjust the grid itself. If the SDK suites won't do it, I hope there's another way, e.g., build a script on the fly and run that. TIA -- Rick

creative explorer

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@Rick E Johnson short answer is no, you cannot directly modify the perspective grid settings from a C++ plugin using the Illustrator SDK, but you can trigger changes by dynamically generating and executing a script (JavaScript/ExtendScript) from your plugin.

I am assuming you already looked at the Perspective Grid tool?

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Rick E JohnsonAuthor

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Thanks for answering. I had asked several AIs about it and they named suites that don't exist, and proposed running scripts using SDK functions that, again, do not exist. I have created and run Actions on the fly, but had searched in vain for a way to run JS dynamically. That includes searching this forum. I'd very much appreciate if you could direct me to information on doing that!

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