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From drawing to code...

Community Beginner ,
Jul 11, 2024 Jul 11, 2024

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I know how to write the code (*.jsx) that will draw a path in Illustrator. By path I mean a number of path points (anchor point, pair of direction points, ...).

 

BUT is there a way to ‘get’ the location of .Anchor, .LeftDirection, .RightDirection. from a selected path? So, from drawing to code...

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Community Expert , Jul 11, 2024 Jul 11, 2024

Hi @Paul3398437880ag, sure... have a look at this:

(function () {

    var doc = app.activeDocument;
    var pathItem = doc.selection[0];

    if ('PathItem' !== pathItem.constructor.name)
        return alert('Please select a path item and try again.');

    for (var i = 0, p; i < pathItem.pathPoints.length; i++) {

        p = pathItem.pathPoints[i];

        alert(
            'PathPoint ' + i
            + '\nanchor: ' + p.anchor
            + '\nleftDirection: ' + p.leftDirection
          
...

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Hi @Paul3398437880ag, sure... have a look at this:

(function () {

    var doc = app.activeDocument;
    var pathItem = doc.selection[0];

    if ('PathItem' !== pathItem.constructor.name)
        return alert('Please select a path item and try again.');

    for (var i = 0, p; i < pathItem.pathPoints.length; i++) {

        p = pathItem.pathPoints[i];

        alert(
            'PathPoint ' + i
            + '\nanchor: ' + p.anchor
            + '\nleftDirection: ' + p.leftDirection
            + '\nrightDirection: ' + p.rightDirection
        );

    }

})();

You can directly set those properties too, eg.

p.anchor = [10,20];

See PathPoint docs. 

- Mark

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