Export Illustrator layers to separate Illustrator files?

[Art&Logik]

Does anyone know of a way within AI CS4 to export layers to separate .ai files? Or third party plug-in to do the same? Preferably retaining the layer name as the new file name.

I have a layered .ai file with 40 layers of logo versions that I need to export to separate files and I'd like to avoid the obvious "save as" and delete layers route.

Thanks in advance.

[Saul5E69]

Nevermind, just added "[i]" to the doc.layers in line 25 and seems it's working now.

var doc = app.activeDocument;

if (documents.length > 0) {

// Create the illustratorSaveOptions object to set the AI options
var saveOpts = new IllustratorSaveOptions();

// Setting IllustratorSaveOptions properties.
saveOpts.embedLinkedFiles = true;
saveOpts.fontSubsetThreshold = 0.0
saveOpts.pdfCompatible = true


if (doc.saved == false) doc.save();

for (i = 0; i < doc.layers.length; i++)
if (doc.layers[i].locked == false) doc.layers[i].visible = false;
fullDocName = doc.fullName;
var param = doc.name.split('.');
realDocName = param[0];
for (i = 0; i < doc.layers.length; i++) {
if (i - 1 < 0) doc.layers[i].visible = true;
else {
doc.layers[i - 1].visible = false;
doc.layers[i].visible = true;
}
if (doc.layers[i].locked == false) {
docName = realDocName + doc.layers[i].name + ".ai";
var saveName = new File(doc.path + "/" + docName);
doc.saveAs(saveName, saveOpts);
}
}
doc.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);
doc = null;
app.open(fullDocName);
}

[musekic]

thank you!
Illustrator still seems to confound copilot and chatgpt when saving files.

[Nils M. Barner]

Visible or not. Does anybody know how to export layers with content only and skip those without? (so to say **content aware** for Illustrator ; )

( if that matters: .js for PC would be great )

[Leon123211]

Not sure. Sorry.

Why not export everything and just delete the empty files?

[Nils M. Barner]

Thats the way I do it right now

But think of five docs a day including 6 or more basic (must have) layers using only 2 or 3 of them frequently depenting on the content.

I once saw a script exporting only layers with content, unfortunatelly I don*t know which it was and where to get it from.

(and I*m curious of course ; )

[tpf1952]

Holy smoke! This script is just the ticket! Thank you so much. You have saved me hours of work. I'm looking for a way in import individual layers from one Illustrator files into Apple Motion 5, so I can animate each layer independently. Again, thank you!

Tom

[kolozsih19458695]

Try this script: Layer Export

This is the only one that worked for me

[vleadv61686213]

Opps this is gud. But artboards are not been deleted it is available in all the ai files.

[fabio3093]

Does anyone know of a way to export the selected layers to separate .ai file? I have a layered .ai file and I need to export only selected layers in separate files and would love to avoid ctrl-c ctrl-v to a new file, however, each layer .Thanks in advance.

[Monika Gause]

fabio3093  schrieb

Does anyone know of a way to export the selected layers to separate .ai file? I have a layered .ai file and I need to export only selected layers in separate files and would love to avoid ctrl-c ctrl-v to a new file, however, each layer .Thanks in advance.

This thread looks like it covers CS4. Or maybe CS6. Or maybe CC? Which is your version?

[fabio3093]

i use the CC version

[fabio3093]

I would like to extract only selected layers

[Monika Gause]

  schrieb

I would like to extract only selected layers

Check if the Javascripts do that for you.

[fabio3093]

I saw that it should be possible using vbscript.

[Doug A Roberts]

it sounds like it should be possible, but it's best if you make your own topic on the scripting board to ask:

Illustrator Scripting

[Monika Gause]

If the Export for screens feature does not work for you

export for screens « Adobe Illustrator blog

you will need to try out scripts.

An Illustrator script for exporting layers and/or artboards into separate files (PNG8 / PNG24 / EPS ...

[fabio3093]

I said that badly. I would like to extract a specific group of one layer and can save it in a different file.ai