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Ouch!
There are so much ways to do this. But You need many "secure question" in the script - e.g. it is dependent of color mode, or swatches exists, or the installed language of Illustrator and so on …
Here is one "simple way" to work with three additional RGB color values columns in your txt file. Be sure that the color mode of your document is RGB.
...// rectangleDraw_dataFromTxt.jsx
// regards pixxxelschubser
var aDoc = app.activeDocument;
var mm = 2.8346456;
// required: tab separated txt and op
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to create a shape with jsx from external file:
Re: Excel data to construct illustrator object
to fill the shapes with jsx from external file:
FILLING FORMS FROM A FILE CSV / EXCEL
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allan bendall schrieb:
… How would the code evolve if i wanted to create 5 boxes from one set of coordinates ? …
Sorry? I don't understand. Why you want to create 5 boxes at the same position? The better way could be: create one box and duplicate it.
Otherwise:
At first show us (or upload) your example csv file, please.
The script always depends on it.
Here is an example for more sets of elements in a csv and with an open dialog (written by Muppet Mark):
Re: Importing Color to Swatch Library from Text File
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OK, so the top, left, width and height dimensions come from the .txt file. topleftwidthheight.txt
column a - top
column b - position from left
column c - x dimension
column d - y dimension
how would this get inserted into your original script ?
many thanks again
Why you doesn't answer my questions about your Illustrator version and your scripting knowledge base and where the data in your txt file comes from?
But anyway:
this should do the job based on the data in your posting #8
// rectangleDraw_dataFromTxt.jsx
// regards pixxxelschubser
var aDoc = app.activeDocument;
var mm = 2.8346456;
// required: tab separated txt and opened document in Illustrator (CS5+)
// see https://forums.adobe.com/message/7934424#7934424
// post #8
var aFile = File ("~/Desktop/Testdateien/topleftwidthheight.txt");
aFile.open("r");
var txtFile = aFile.read();
aFile.close();
var theText = txtFile.split("\n");
var T;
for (i=0; i<theText.length-1; i++) {
T=theText.split( "\t");
aDoc.pathItems.rectangle( -(T[0] * mm), T[1] * mm, T[2] * mm, T[3] * mm );
}
Have fun
Ouch!
There are so much ways to do this. But You need many "secure question" in the script - e.g. it is dependent of color mode, or swatches exists, or the installed language of Illustrator and so on …
Here is one "simple way" to work with three additional RGB color values columns in your txt file. Be sure that the color mode of your document is RGB.
// rectangleDraw_dataFromTxt.jsx
// regards pixxxelschubser
var aDoc = app.activeDocument;
var mm = 2.8346456;
// required: tab separated txt and opened RGB document in Illustrator (CS5+)
// see
// top left width height R G B
// 20 20 100 100 255 0 0
var aFile = File ("~/Desktop/Testdateien/topleftwidthheight.txt");
aFile.open("r");
var txtFile = aFile.read();
aFile.close();
var theText = txtFile.split("\n");
var T, rect, col;
var col = new RGBColor();
for (i=0; i<theText.length-1; i++) {
T=theText.split( "\t");
$.writeln(T[4]);
rect = aDoc.pathItems.rectangle( -(T[0] * mm), T[1] * mm, T[2] * mm, T[3] * mm );
col.red = T[4];
col.green = T[5];
col.blue = T[6];
rect.fillColor = col;
}
Have fun
Hi there!
Could you also plese help me?
eg i have table in newest exel like this, and i wanna made ractangle (just normal one) in newest illustrator. I tried to use this code and modife it, but it still show some error 😞
Hi, now i have this error 😞
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