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Tomas Vytas
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September 16, 2021
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Multiple artboards plugin

  • September 16, 2021
  • 2 replies
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Hey there Community,

maybe you have heard something about it, or maybe you can help me out with writing down a script. 

The script I am looking for should be able to create multiple different sized artboards at once.

 

Any help with this? 🙂

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Correct answer femkeblanco

I did this in a rush.  See if it works for you. 

 

Open a new document before running the script.  Units are in points. 

 

var ws = [], hs = [], n;
var dialog1 = new Window("dialog");
    dialog1.add("statictext", undefined, "How many artboards?");
var input1 = dialog1.add("edittext", undefined, "n");
    input1.characters = 4;
    input1.active = true;
    input1.onChange = function () {n = Number(input1.text);};
var button1 = dialog1.add("button", undefined, "Next");
    button1.onClick = function () {
        var dialog2 = new Window("dialog");
        for (var i = 0; i < Math.min(n, 20); i++) {
            (function() {
                var group = dialog2.add("group");
                group.add("statictext", undefined, "#" + (i + 1));
                var w = group.add("edittext", undefined, "w");
                    w.characters = 4;
                    w.onChange = function () {ws.push(w.text);}
                group.add("statictext", undefined, "x");
                var h = group.add("edittext", undefined, "h");
                    h.characters = 4;
                    h.onChange = function () {hs.push(h.text);}
            } ());
        }
        var button2 = dialog2.add("button", undefined, "OK");
        dialog2.show();
        dialog1.close();
    };
dialog1.show();
var doc = app.activeDocument;
var AR = doc.artboards[0].artboardRect = [0, 0, ws[0], - hs[0]];   
for (var i = 1; i < n; i++) { 
    doc.artboards.add([AR[0], AR[3] - 10, ws[i], (AR[3] - 10 - hs[i])]);
    AR = doc.artboards[i].artboardRect;  
}

2 replies

femkeblanco
femkeblancoCorrect answer
Legend
September 18, 2021

I did this in a rush.  See if it works for you. 

 

Open a new document before running the script.  Units are in points. 

 

var ws = [], hs = [], n;
var dialog1 = new Window("dialog");
    dialog1.add("statictext", undefined, "How many artboards?");
var input1 = dialog1.add("edittext", undefined, "n");
    input1.characters = 4;
    input1.active = true;
    input1.onChange = function () {n = Number(input1.text);};
var button1 = dialog1.add("button", undefined, "Next");
    button1.onClick = function () {
        var dialog2 = new Window("dialog");
        for (var i = 0; i < Math.min(n, 20); i++) {
            (function() {
                var group = dialog2.add("group");
                group.add("statictext", undefined, "#" + (i + 1));
                var w = group.add("edittext", undefined, "w");
                    w.characters = 4;
                    w.onChange = function () {ws.push(w.text);}
                group.add("statictext", undefined, "x");
                var h = group.add("edittext", undefined, "h");
                    h.characters = 4;
                    h.onChange = function () {hs.push(h.text);}
            } ());
        }
        var button2 = dialog2.add("button", undefined, "OK");
        dialog2.show();
        dialog1.close();
    };
dialog1.show();
var doc = app.activeDocument;
var AR = doc.artboards[0].artboardRect = [0, 0, ws[0], - hs[0]];   
for (var i = 1; i < n; i++) { 
    doc.artboards.add([AR[0], AR[3] - 10, ws[i], (AR[3] - 10 - hs[i])]);
    AR = doc.artboards[i].artboardRect;  
}
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    Tomas VytasAuthor
    Participant
    September 19, 2021

    Thats works!! Thank you so much, femkeblanco 🙂

      GerssonDelgado
      GerssonDelgado
      Inspiring
      September 16, 2021

      try this

       

      function makeArtboardGroupItems() {
  if (app.documents.length == 0) {
    alert("No Open / Active Document Found");
  } else {
    var i, ii, iii, iv, doc, count, itemList, countArtboards, artboardIndex, tableError;
    doc = app.activeDocument;
    app.executeMenuCommand('selectall');
    itemList = doc.pathItems;
    for (i = 0, count = itemList.length; i < count; i++) {
      if (itemList[i].selected) {
        var box = itemList[i].visibleBounds;
        var ab = doc.artboards.add(box);
      }
    }
    doc.selection = null;
    app.redraw();

  }
}
makeArtboardGroupItems();
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        Tomas VytasAuthor
        Participant
        September 16, 2021

        Thank you Delgado, but Nothing is happening 😞 appreaciate your help ❤️

        I imagine something like this: 

         

        When I click on script, small windows pops out, where at first I need to write how many artboards theres gonna be, and after entering the amount, you get as many rows as artboards were written above. Filling in dimensions and clicking Generate or smth like that.

         

        Is it a big of a deal? 

        femkeblanco
        femkeblanco
        Legend
        September 16, 2021

        How are the artboards to relate to each other (rows, columns, space between, et cetera)?  

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