Run Plugin from script.

[HWDP]

Hello. I Have big or small job . I have to write nesting script ;/ I know this is not easy job. But I need any advice how can I do in Illustrator. By Colission detection? Or I need to write another application between illustrator and javascript. My company currently use eCut. It work fine, but over 200 files should be done automatically

. Meaby is way to run eCut plugin by javascript.(Effect>eCut>Nesting). But I don't know how to do it.

Thanks for any advice.

[Silly-V]

It sounds like you may need to use GUI scripting with AutoHotkey to press the buttons and make some kind of batch process work. I'm not sure.

[Stephen Marsh]

Is this 200 input files as 200 separate output files, each stepped/fitted into an area such as the artboard? Or 200 input files combined into one or more output files? Is it just a single copy of each input file? Are the input files grouped into a single object? Are there masked images?

There are obviously other third party nested solutions that often have a significant cost, as there are many things to consider and this quickly becomes an expensive exercise in time, knowledge, resources etc.

[Stephen Marsh]

wundes.com

http://www.wundes.com/JS4AI/index.php#distributeStackedObjects.jsx

[HWDP]

Yes this almost what i need. I just need add rotation, ETC to that script. Because it lost a lot of material now. But thanks for help.

I got eCut plugin for nesting. But I dont have any idea how to run him from javascript.

[Stephen Marsh]

Exactly, there is a reason for third party nesting tools and they can be costly.

Attempting to do this via scripting Illustrator may or may not be possible and would have it’s own costs.

Unless the third party plugin has scripting support, you may not be able to script it.

There are multiple stand alone nesting tools on the market which may handle multiple file input and automation better than your current plugin based tool. Three such examples include:

True Shape Nesting with i-cut Layout - Esko

http://tilialabs.com/griffin.html

http://www.fitplot.it/