Greetings,
Can anyone provide any help with correcting the bugs in JavaScript I got from ChatGPT?
Thanks for any help on this 🙂
I asked chatGPT the following:
write me a script for adobe illustrator that will:
1. batch open dxf files at Original Size, press OK on the DXF/DWG Options UI
2. Change the Document Color Mode to CMYK
3. Create color swatch with the following values: Swatch Name: CutContour, Color Type: Spot Color, Color Mode: CMYK, C= 0% M=100% Y=0% K=0%
4. change the color of all objects on Layer 1 on Artboard 1 to the Swatch Name: CutContour
5. change the stroke thickness to 0.1pt to all objects on Layer 1
6. Select all objects on Layer 1, add a check to the box for Overprint Stroke located on the Attributes panel
7. fit the artboard to the artwork, rename Layer 1 to CutContour on Artboard 1
8. add a 0.0785 inch bleed to the Document Setup
9. save a .AI file version in the same folder of the open dxf file and use the same exact name of the dxf file, but add to the end the width and height dimensions measured when selecting Layer 1 which was renamed to CutCounter. The dimensions added to the end should have the following format: " - [width] x [height]", the artboard dimensions used in the file name should be in inches to the 4th decimal place.
10. save a .PDF version of the .AI file also. The .PDF version should also have layers. Uncheck the export option for "View PDF after Saving"
11. close the file then move on to the next file and repeat the steps until all selected dxf files are processed.
The script runs, but has the following bugs:
- It's not pressing OK on the DXF/DWG Options UI
- It's not changing the Document Color Mode to CMYK
- It's not applying the CutContour swatch to Layer 1
- It's not setting the the object strokes on Layer 1 to 0.1 pt. The stroke is 0.7087 pt
- It's not changing the Document Setup Bleed value to 0.0785 inches. The Bleed remains at 0 inches.
- It's not adding the correct dimensions into the filename. For example, if my Frame File.dxf has an exactly 4" W x 6" H rectangle in it, when it's opened in Illustrator with or without the script and you click on Layer 1 (renamed to CutContour during the script) the value is still exactly 4.0000 inches x 6.0000 inches, but the text added to the file name using the script ends up as Frame File - 4.0098 x 6.0098.ai and Frame File - 4.0098 x 6.0098.pdf
- The saved .pdf is automatically opening in Acrobat after being created, it's not supposed to open automatically
- The .pdf does not have the layers, specifically it should just have 1 layer called CutContour like the .ai file does.
#target illustrator
// Function to set the document color mode to CMYK
function setDocumentToCMYK(doc) {
if (doc.documentColorMode !== DocumentColorSpace.CMYK) {
doc.documentColorMode = DocumentColorSpace.CMYK;
}
}
// Function to create the CutContour spot color swatch if it doesn’t exist
function createCutContourSwatch(doc) {
var swatchName = "CutContour";
var spotColor;
try {
spotColor = doc.spots.getByName(swatchName);
} catch (e) {
// If the swatch does not exist, create it
spotColor = doc.spots.add();
spotColor.name = swatchName;
var cmykColor = new CMYKColor();
cmykColor.cyan = 0;
cmykColor.magenta = 100;
cmykColor.yellow = 0;
cmykColor.black = 0;
spotColor.color = cmykColor;
spotColor.colorType = ColorModel.SPOT;
}
return new SpotColor().spot = spotColor;
}
// Function to process each file
function processFile(dxfFile) {
app.open(dxfFile);
var doc = app.activeDocument;
// Step 2: Set the document to CMYK color mode
setDocumentToCMYK(doc);
// Step 3: Create and apply CutContour spot color
var cutContourColor = createCutContourSwatch(doc);
// Step 4: Apply CutContour color to all objects on Layer 1
var layer = doc.layers[0];
for (var i = 0; i < layer.pageItems.length; i++) {
layer.pageItems[i].fillColor = cutContourColor;
layer.pageItems[i].strokeColor = cutContourColor;
}
// Step 5: Set stroke thickness to 0.1pt for all objects on Layer 1
for (var j = 0; j < layer.pageItems.length; j++) {
layer.pageItems[j].strokeWidth = 0.1;
}
// Step 6: Set Overprint Stroke for all objects on Layer 1
for (var k = 0; k < layer.pageItems.length; k++) {
layer.pageItems[k].strokeOverprint = true;
}
// Step 7: Fit the artboard to artwork bounds and rename Layer 1
doc.artboards[0].artboardRect = doc.visibleBounds;
layer.name = "CutContour";
// Step 8: Add a 0.0785 inch bleed to Document Setup (convert to points)
var bleedOffset = 0.0785 * 72;
doc.documentBleedOffsets = [bleedOffset, bleedOffset, bleedOffset, bleedOffset];
// Step 9: Save .AI file with updated name
var artboardWidth = (doc.artboards[0].artboardRect[2] - doc.artboards[0].artboardRect[0]) / 72;
var artboardHeight = (doc.artboards[0].artboardRect[1] - doc.artboards[0].artboardRect[3]) / 72;
var widthStr = artboardWidth.toFixed(4);
var heightStr = artboardHeight.toFixed(4);
var outputFileName = dxfFile.name.replace(/\.dxf$/i, "") + " - " + widthStr + " x " + heightStr;
var aiOutputFile = new File(dxfFile.parent.fsName + "/" + outputFileName + ".ai");
var aiSaveOptions = new IllustratorSaveOptions();
aiSaveOptions.compatibility = Compatibility.ILLUSTRATOR16;
// Save as .AI file
doc.saveAs(aiOutputFile, aiSaveOptions);
// Step 10: Save as PDF with layers, do not view PDF after saving
var pdfOutputFile = new File(dxfFile.parent.fsName + "/" + outputFileName + ".pdf");
var pdfSaveOptions = new PDFSaveOptions();
pdfSaveOptions.preserveEditability = true; // Preserve AI layers
pdfSaveOptions.compatibility = PDFCompatibility.ACROBAT5;
pdfSaveOptions.viewPDF = false; // Uncheck "View PDF after Saving"
// Save the PDF
doc.saveAs(pdfOutputFile, pdfSaveOptions);
// Step 11: Close the file
doc.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);
}
// Prompt user to select multiple DXF files
var selectedFiles = File.openDialog("Select DXF files to process", "*.dxf", true);
if (selectedFiles) {
for (var i = 0; i < selectedFiles.length; i++) {
processFile(selectedFiles[i]);
}
alert("Batch processing complete!");
} else {
alert("No files selected.");
}
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