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BryanPagenkopf
Inspiring
November 12, 2018
Question

Place Legend based on Art not x y Coordinates

  • November 12, 2018
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Hello,

Is there a script out there that I have not been able to find that will allow you to place a Symbol, Centered and slightly below in relation to the selected art?  Everything that I have tried places the Symbol based on x y coordinates.

Thank you!

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subieguy2
subieguy2
Inspiring
November 12, 2018

What about this script by Jet?

  1. /* 
  2. JET_ReplaceWithSymbol.jsx 
  3. A Javascript for Adobe Illustrator 
  4. Purpose: Replaces selected items with Instances of a Symbol from the Symbols Panel. 
  5. The desired Symbol can be defined by its index number (its number of occurrance in the Panel). 
  6. */  
  7. var docRef=app.activeDocument;  
  8. var symbolNum=prompt("Enter the number of the Symbol you want to replace each selected object",1);  
  9. for(i=0;i<docRef.selection.length;i++){  
  10.           var currObj=docRef.selection;  
  11.           var currLeft=currObj.left;  
  12.           var currTop=currObj.top;  
  13.           var currWidth=currObj.width;  
  14.           var currHeight=currObj.height;  
  15.           var currInstance=docRef.symbolItems.add(docRef.symbols[symbolNum-1]);  
  16.           currInstance.width*=currHeight/currInstance.height;  
  17.           currInstance.height=currHeight;  
  18.           currInstance.left=currLeft;  
  19.           currInstance.top=currTop;  
  20.           currInstance.selected=true;  
  21.           currObj.remove();  
  22.           redraw();  
  23. }
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BryanPagenkopfAuthor
Inspiring
November 12, 2018

I'm not sure on this one because I am not replacing anything.

The most important thing is that the "ART" not move at all.

Right now I am Placing the Symbol (Generic Cyan Shape)

Selecting Both

Clicking on the "ART" so that I can center to that object

Center Horizontally

Align Bottom

Then with the Symbol Selected I am doing a "Transform Each" with the below settings twice.

renél80416020
renél80416020
Inspiring
November 13, 2018

Salut !

// JavaScript Document for Illustrator
var space = 10;  // pt
var symbIndex = 0;
function slign(dec,index) {
  var  currObj, VBounds, currInstance;
    for( var i = 0;  i < selection.length; i++ ){
      currObj =selection;
      VBounds =currObj.visibleBounds;
      currInstance= activeDocument.symbolItems.add(activeDocument.symbols[index]);
      currInstance.position = [(VBounds[0]+VBounds[2])/2-currInstance.width/2,VBounds[3]-dec];
    }
}
if (app.documents.length) {
  slign(space,symbIndex);
}

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