Scaling a pathItem over and over.

[richardw26639360]

I'm to create a hexagon and duplicating it 23 times. But I also need each duplicate to scale 96% off the one before it. This is what I have so far...

var doc = app.activeDocument;

var p = doc.pathItems.polygon(0,0,23,6);

p.filled = false;

p.stroked = true;

q = 23;

percentageX = 96

percentageY = percentageX

  for (var j=0; j<q; j++)

{myDuplicate = p.duplicate();

            }

  for (var k=0; k<myDuplicate; k++)

  { myDuplicate.resize(percentageX, percentageY);}

It only scales once and then every duplicate after that is the same size as the first duplicate. How can I get it to scale each duplicate to be smaller than the duplicate before it?

[Alexander Ladygin]

as an option:

var doc = app.activeDocument,
    p = doc.pathItems.polygon(0, 0, 23, 6),
    myDuplicate = p,
    percentageX = 96,
    percentageY = percentageX,
    q = 23;
p.filled = false;
p.stroked = true;
for ( var i = 0; i < q; i++) {
    myDuplicate = myDuplicate.duplicate();
    myDuplicate.resize(percentageX, percentageY);
}

[Silly-V]

You can also try to use this cool effect method:

#target illustrator 

function test(){  

    var doc = app.activeDocument; 

    var p = doc.selection[0]; 

    var effectStr_2 = 

    '<LiveEffect name="Adobe Transform">' + 

        '<Dict data="' + 

            'R scaleH_Factor 0.96 ' + 

            'R moveV_Pts 0.00 ' + 

            'R scaleV_Percent 96.00 ' + 

            'I pinPoint 4 ' +

            'B scaleLines 0 ' + 

            'I numCopies 23 ' + 

            'B randomize 0 ' + 

            'R rotate_Radians 0.00 ' + 

            'R moveH_Pts 0.00 ' + 

            'R scaleV_Factor 0.96 ' + 

            'B reflectY 0 ' + 

            'B reflectX 0 ' + 

            'R rotate_Degrees 0.00 ' + 

            'R scaleH_Percent 96.00 ' + 

            'B transformPatterns 1 ' + 

        '"/>' + 

    '</LiveEffect>'; 

    p.applyEffect(effectStr_2); 

}  

test();