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nathanwoulfe
nathanwoulfe
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September 11, 2015
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place, trace, expand and stroke - stuck on stroke

  • September 11, 2015
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I'm trying to write a script to iterate the files in a folder - I need to place, trace, expand and stroke each.

So far, I have the code below working nicely - I can place, trace and expand but can't work out how to add the stroke?

for ( i = 0; i < fileList.length; i++ ) { 

            lay = doc.layers.add();    

            lay.name = fileList.name.slice(0, -4);  

            thisPlace = doc.placedItems.add();                           

            thisPlace.file = allFiles;                         

            thisImage = thisPlace.trace();                                                                  

            thisImage.tracing.tracingOptions.loadFromPreset( 'myPreset' );  

            var thisTracing = thisImage.tracing.expandTracing();

}

I've edited the script for brevity's sake - everything else is working, I just can't get the stroke. I think the issue I'm having is knowing what object to apply the stroke to.

Any advice would be brilliant.

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Correct answer W_J_T

Not sure what exactly you are after but: tracingOptions has a strokes boolean you can use, otherwise you could iterate through the pathItems of each tracing item once expanded and apply a stroke directly with whatever attributes you desire. Hope something proves useful to your efforts.

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W_J_TCorrect answer
Inspiring
September 11, 2015

Not sure what exactly you are after but: tracingOptions has a strokes boolean you can use, otherwise you could iterate through the pathItems of each tracing item once expanded and apply a stroke directly with whatever attributes you desire. Hope something proves useful to your efforts.

nathanwoulfe
nathanwoulfeAuthor
Participant
September 11, 2015

You sir, are a gentleman and a scholar - I hadn't seen the pathItems object within the tracing item.

var pathItems = thisTracing.pathItems;

  for (i=0; i<pathItems.length; i++) { 

  var ipath = pathItems; 

  ipath.stroked = true; 

  ipath.strokeWidth = strokeWidth[lay.name]

  } 

works perfectly, where strokeWidth is an object storing references to the layer names and a width value.

Thanks for your help, really appreciate it.

    W
    W_J_T
    Inspiring
    September 11, 2015

    You're welcome glad it helped you sort things out for your desired outcome. Interesting use of the width reference. I would like to point out however to be careful declaring variables using reserved words from the AI DOM or JS in general, ie: pathItems, etc., it may cause internal conflict of the scripting engine and/or headaches for yourself overall at some point. ;-)

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