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gabbi
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January 18, 2010
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scale artwork with artboard??

  • January 18, 2010
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Hi

I have artwork that fits nicely on my artboard but I would like to change artboard dimensions and the artwork it contains in one operation - is this possible?

    Correct answer ShivendraAgarwal

    Use following script:
    https://gist.github.com/shivendra14/f135d6279a20053a62a798be5da5e174​

    enter the required artboard area when asked for.

    9 replies

    Anshul_Saini
    Community Manager
    Anshul_SainiCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    January 20, 2023

    Hi All,

     

    We understand this request has been pending for a long time. The product team is aware of this and actively monitors this UserVoice for feedback (https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657-illustrator-desktop-feature-requests/suggestions/31500847-resize-artboard-art-inside-it-simultaneously). Please upvote it and add you comment there.

     

    The product team tested this feature last year in the beta release, but it still needs more work to be a part of a public release.

     

    Thanks,

    Anshul Saini

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      rundlab
      Participant
      January 3, 2023

      Amazing. 2022 and degenerate Adobe still didn't add scaling content along with artboard. (abuse removed)

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        Notyno
        Participant
        September 8, 2021

        Hi, this worked for me.

         

        1. Select all the artwork layers, resize to desired resolution with properties panel.

        2. Object>Artboards>Fit to arwork bounds.

          AlexBCN
          AlexBCN
          Participant
          June 1, 2020

          My way is semi-automatically. Save artboards as separate pdf-files. Then open pdf in AI – select all (you have artwork with frame from artboard) – scale (Object –> Scale). Second step: Object –> Artboards –> Fit to artwork bounds. Voilà!

          fruityth1ng
          fruityth1ng
          Inspiring
          April 19, 2019

          I know this has been a while, but for anyone else looking for this functinoality:

          This one does the job for me. It's rough, but have a critical look at what you're doing and this should save you some time.

          https://github.com/nimbling/Nimbling_Scripts/blob/master/JSX%20Scripts/Scale%20All%20Artboards%20and%20Artwork.jsx

          maggieb11552238
          maggieb11552238
          Participant
          October 25, 2017

          what is the required artboard size. I am used to putting a H x W dimension in, not just one number

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          burke 5a59955657
          Participant
          January 24, 2018

          @maggieb11552238The number required is area of the artboard you wish to use in pixels. For example, 8.5 x 11 in = 740 x 958 px. Multiply 740 by 958 to get the area, 708920, which is the single number you would type in the dialog box.

            ShivendraAgarwal
            Community Manager
            ShivendraAgarwalCommunity ManagerCorrect answer
            Community Manager
            September 17, 2017

            Use following script:
            https://gist.github.com/shivendra14/f135d6279a20053a62a798be5da5e174​

            enter the required artboard area when asked for.

              Jacob Bugge
              Community Expert
              Jacob BuggeCommunity Expert
              Community Expert
              January 19, 2010

              gabbi,

              Depending on version and whether there is artwork outside the Artboard, which has to be dealt with if there is artwork that is sucked inside, you may do it in a limited number of steps, which would also be the steps in a script.

              With no artwork outside, you may be able to create a nostroke nofill rectangle corresponding to, or replacing, the Artboard in one step (in 10, you can Object>Crop Marks>Make with nothing selected and then Object>Crop Marks>Release), select all, scale to fit the new Artboard size, and with the Artboard Tool Crop to Artwork or something; once you have the Artboard rectangle you may skip that part (in later scalings).

              With artwork outside, you may be able to use the Scale Tool to both select an arbitrary point of origin and scale proportionally by a specific factor (I believe this is possible after 10), you may select all, set the Artboard origin as the point of origin, and scale, unless the Artboard origin moves when the Artboard size is changed.

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                Wade_Zimmerman1
                Inspiring
                January 19, 2010

                Well you cannot do it without a script however if you want to do something manual because of proportional concerns you draw a rectangle the same dimensions and location as the existing artboard.

                Then either group the art and artboard or simply select both of them and scale to the percentage or using the selection tool resize them by dragging.

                Then you ungroup and or select the rectangle only and go to Object>Convert to Artboard.

                I woud have suggested this but cannot see how this can be made into an action that would have any time saving or workflow value.

                You would still have to draw the rectangle manually and then select the rectangle then run an action including a scale step and the an ungroup but first I think you would have to stop the action to select only the rectangle,quite a messy deal.

                I think a script might work better.

                It would be different if there were a command to covert artboard to a path and if that were the case an action would work but without this command there is no real way.

                However if you use CS 4 and like the old filter create crop marks you can load the last version of it into the plug in folders for Illustrator CS 4 and it will work.

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                Wade_Zimmerman1
                Inspiring
                January 18, 2010

                I would say with a script as the only possible way the script would do several operations in sequence to accomplish the final effect but fro the user's perspective it would be one task..

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