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Urraco37
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March 24, 2021
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script rotate content to 180 degrees

  • March 24, 2021
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Hello,

Can I rotate the content of an artboard with  180 degrees with a script?and optional : to save in ai format but for an older version than  CS6

I know it's possible with an action, but it's about several files with different formats..

 

Thank you

 

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Correct answer femkeblanco

Thanks

The  script from link doesn't work for me too so I made some changes. now it works but only for one artboard
I can't figure out how to do it I have more than one artboards....

this is the script...

var doc = app.activeDocument;  
var artSize = doc.artboards; 
var groups = app.activeDocument.groupItems;
var originalDocPath = doc.path;  
var originalDocName = doc.name;  
var allLayers = doc.layers;  
originalDocName = originalDocName.replace(/\.pdf|\.ai/gi, "")  
  
  for(i=0;i<artSize.length;i++){  
     var t=artSize[i].artboardRect[1] ;  
     var l=artSize[i].artboardRect[0];  
     var x=artSize[i].artboardRect[2]-artSize[i].artboardRect[0];  
     var y=artSize[i].artboardRect[1]-artSize[i].artboardRect[3];  
     var box = doc.pathItems.rectangle (t, l, x, y);  
     }  

function rotate(){
app.executeMenuCommand( "selectall");
app.executeMenuCommand( "group");
groups[0].rotate(-180);
app.executeMenuCommand( "deselectall");
box.selected = true;
app.executeMenuCommand( "setCropMarks");
app.activeDocument.artboards[0].remove();
app.executeMenuCommand( "selectall");
app.executeMenuCommand( "ungroup");
app.executeMenuCommand( "deselectall");
}

function saveAiFile(){
    // 8, 9, 10, 11 (cs), 12 (cs2), 13 (cs3), 14 (cs4), 15 (cs5), 16 (cs6), 17 (cc)
    targetVersion = 15;
    var saveOptions = new IllustratorSaveOptions();
    saveOptions.compatibility = Compatibility[ "ILLUSTRATOR" + targetVersion ];
    saveOptions.flattenOutput = OutputFlattening.PRESERVEAPPEARANCE;
    saveOptions.compressed = false;
    saveOptions.pdfCompatible = false;
    saveOptions.saveMultipleArtboards = true;
    //saveOptions.artboardRange = true;
    app.activeDocument.saveAs(File(originalDocPath + "/" + originalDocName + ".ai"), saveOptions);
}

rotate()
saveAiFile()

 


To rotate on multiple artboards:

 

var doc = app.activeDocument;
var paths = doc.pathItems;

function multiRotate (){
    for (var i = 0; i < doc.artboards.length; i++) {
        doc.artboards.setActiveArtboardIndex(i);
        var AB = doc.artboards[i].artboardRect;
        var tempRect = paths.rectangle(AB[1], AB[0], AB[2]-AB[0], -AB[3]+AB[1]);
        doc.selectObjectsOnActiveArtboard();
        app.executeMenuCommand("group");
        app.selection[0].rotate(-180);
        app.executeMenuCommand("ungroup");
        app.selection = null;
        tempRect.remove();
    }
}
multiRotate();

 

2 replies

Charu Rajput
Charu Rajput
Community Expert
March 24, 2021

For saving the file in lower version, try following snippet.

 

function saveFile(){
    // 8, 9, 10, 11 (cs), 12 (cs2), 13 (cs3), 14 (cs4), 15 (cs5), 16 (cs6), 17 (cc)
    targetVersion = 16;
    var saveOptions = new IllustratorSaveOptions();
    saveOptions.compatibility = Compatibility[ "ILLUSTRATOR" + targetVersion ];
    saveOptions.flattenOutput = OutputFlattening.PRESERVEAPPEARANCE;
    app.activeDocument.saveAs( File('~/Desktop/Test.ai'), saveOptions )
}

saveFile()

 

 

NOTE: Not tested from my side I don't have CS6 version.

Best regards
Charu Rajput
Charu Rajput
Community Expert
March 24, 2021

Hi, 

For rotation what you want to rotate, each pageitems exists on the artboard or the groupItems?

Below is the sample script, to rotate the each pageitems of the document

 

function main() {
    var doc = app.activeDocument;
    var _items = doc.pageItems;
    for (var k = 0; k < _items.length; k++) {
        _items[k].rotate(180);
    }
}
main();

 

 

In case you want to rotate the group, replace following line

 

 var _items = doc.pageItems;

 

with 

 

 var _items = doc.groupItems;

 

 

 

 

Best regards
U
Urraco37Author
Inspiring
March 24, 2021

Sorry but is not work

the rotation  must be as in the picture I attached above..as if you were rotating the artboard and content

Thank you

femkeblanco
femkeblanco
Brainiac
March 24, 2021

This is a script I wrote for rotating everything 90 degrees.  Try changing the 90 in line 6 to 180.  

 

https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator/rotate-an-entire-document-with-all-elements-90-degrees/m-p/11522670 

 

 

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