var doc = app.activeDocument;
var splitfolder = "_SPLIT";
var arr = doc.name.split(".");
var extension = "";
if (arr.length>1) extension = "." + arr.pop();
var filename = arr.join(".");
var foldername = filename;
var export_folder = "~/Desktop/" + foldername + splitfolder;
var assets_folder = new Folder (export_folder);
assets_folder.create();
function hide_layer (a) {
var docHide = app.activeDocument;
var myLayers1 = docHide.layers;
var hideName1 = a;
try {
hideLayer1 = myLayers1.getByName (hideName1);
hideLayer1.visible = false;
redraw();
}
catch (e) {}
}
function show_layer (a) {
var docShow = app.activeDocument;
var myLayers2 = docShow.layers;
var showName2 = a;
try {
showLayer2 = myLayers2.getByName (showName2);
showLayer2.visible = true;
redraw();
}
catch (e) {}
}
var myLayers = [];
var layerCount = doc.layers.length;
for (var ii = layerCount - 1; ii >= 0; ii--) {
var currentLayer = doc.layers[ii];
myLayers.push (currentLayer);
}
for (var ii = layerCount - 1; ii >= 0; ii--) {
var isSorte = (myLayers[ii].name).indexOf("Sorte"); // <---
if (isSorte >= 0) {
hide_layer (myLayers[ii].name);
}
}
for (var ii = layerCount - 1; ii >= 0; ii--) {
var isSorte = (myLayers[ii].name).indexOf("Sorte"); // <---
if (isSorte >= 0) {
show_layer (myLayers[ii].name);
var actLayName = myLayers[ii].name;
actLayName = actLayName.replace (/Sorte/,""); // <---
var sortFileName = filename;
sortFileName = sortFileName.replace(/_MULTI/,actLayName); // <---
var save_options = new IllustratorSaveOptions();
save_options.embedICCProfile = false;
save_options.pdfCompatible = false;
var packaged_file = File (export_folder + "/" + sortFileName);
doc.saveAs(packaged_file, save_options);
hide_layer (myLayers[ii].name);
}
}
doc.close (SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);
| | doc.saveAs(packaged_file, save_options); |
| | hide_layer (myLayers[ii].name); |
| | } |
| | } |
doc.close (SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);
Description:
You create your master file with top level layers for each data set and other top level layers which will be visible in all sets. There's a convention for naming the layers: each data set requires the keyword "Sorte" at the beginning. You can alter that if you like in the script in lines 46, 53, 59.
There needs to be a keyword in your master file's name, too: "MULTI" has to be part of the file name.
When running the script it will do the following:
- generate a new folder on your desktop, named as the master file plus suffix _SPLIT because it's going to split up the master file into the different master sets as single .ai files.
- hide all top level layers that contain the keyword "Sorte" in their names
- show the first top level layer that contains the keyword "Sorte"
- save a copy of the .ai file in it's current state inside the new folder
*** and here comes the magic: the script extracts the layer's name, strips of the keyword "Sorte", replaces the keyword "MULTI" in the file name wit the rest of the layer's name and saves the file with that new name ***
- hide the first top level layer that contains the keyword "Sorte"
- show the second top level layer that contains the keyword "Sorte"
- save a copy of the .ai file in it's current state inside the new folder
*** again the magic 🙂 ***
- hide the second top level layer that contains the keyword "Sorte"
... and so on and so forth.
After running the script you have a new folder containing 1 new file for each data set, and with a unique name based on the layer's name.
There's a second script I use after that: a batch script for creating PDF from .ai files. You'll only have to start the script with no file opened. It'll ask for a folder containing .ai files and then opens all of them (one after another) and exports as PDF. Settings for PDF have to be modified in the script.
var dir = Folder.selectDialog("Choose folder containing .ai files");
var files = dir.getFiles("*.ai");
for (var f = 0; f < files.length; f++) {
var doc = app.open(files);
var pdfFile = new File(app.activeDocument.fullName.toString().replace(".ai",".pdf"));
var saveOpts = new PDFSaveOptions();
saveOpts.pDFPreset = 'Ansichts-PDF 150dpi'; // Name of PDF settings
saveOpts.viewAfterSaving = false;
app.activeDocument.saveAs (pdfFile, saveOpts);
doc.close (SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);
}
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