Scaling

Hi @Abpujar, please try this. - Mark

Edit 1: improved script.

Edit 2: updated script to better handle RasterItems which have flipped scale Y values. Still more work to fix fully.

Edit 3: now handles RasterItems and PlacedItems correctly (I think!).

/**
 * Get PlacedItem Scale And Rotation
 * for Adobe Illustrator
 *
 * by m1b
 * discussion: https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator-discussions/scaling/m-p/13050842
 *
 */


var doc = app.activeDocument,
    item = doc.selection[0],
    result = getLinkScaleAndRotation(item);

if (result)
    alert('Results:\nHorizontal scale: ' + result[0] + '%\nVertical scale: ' + result[1] + '%\nRotation: ' + result[2] + '°');



/**
 * Return a linked item's scale.
 * @author m1b
 * @param {PlacedItem|RasterItem} item - an Illustrator item
 * @returns {Array} [scaleX%, scaleY%, rotation°]
 */
function getLinkScaleAndRotation(item) {
    if (item == undefined)
        return;

    var m = item.matrix,
        rotatedAmount,
        unrotatedMatrix,
        scaledAmount;

    var flipPlacedItem = (item.typename == 'PlacedItem')
        ? 1
        : -1;

    try {
        rotatedAmount = item.tags.getByName('BBAccumRotation').value * 180 / Math.PI;
    } catch (error) {
        rotatedAmount = 0;
    }
    unrotatedMatrix = app.concatenateRotationMatrix(m, rotatedAmount * flipPlacedItem);
    scaledAmount = [unrotatedMatrix.mValueA * 100, unrotatedMatrix.mValueD * -100 * flipPlacedItem];

    return [round(scaledAmount[0]), round(scaledAmount[1]), round(rotatedAmount)];
}



/**
 * Rounds `n` to `places` decimal places.
 * @param {Number} n - the number to round
 * @param {Number} places - number of decimal places, can be negative
 * @returns {Number}
 */
function round(n, places) {
    var m = Math.pow(10, places || 4);
    return Math.round(n * m) / m;
}

The Links panel gives scaling info.