Scripting roughen with live effect

[ircoony]

I'm trying to apply roughen with a script. The executeMenuCommand gives a popup, but I want the options to be automated. 

The script below works (applies the roughen), but I don't now which data I can put in the Dict. Does somebody now what variables there are for LiveEffect roughen?

#target illustrator

function test() {

    var doc = app.activeDocument;

    var p = doc.selection[0];

roughendetail = 2;

    var effectStr = '<LiveEffect name="Adobe Roughen"><Dict data="R RoughenDetail 50 R RoughenAbsoluteSize 1 R RoughenPoints 2 R RoughenDetail 50 R RoughenSize 10 "/></LiveEffect>';

//var effectStr = '<LiveEffect name="Adobe Roughen"><Dict data="R Detail #RoughenDetail#"/></LiveEffect>'.replace(/#RoughenDetail#/, roughendetail);

    p.applyEffect(effectStr);

    //radius = 3;

    //var xml = '<LiveEffect name="Adobe Fuzzy Mask"><Dict data="R Radius #Radius# "/></LiveEffect>'.replace(/#Radius#/, radius);

    //p.applyEffect(xml);

};

test();

[m1b]

Hi @ircoony, it might help to have a look through the code I wrote here.

For example, here is the function for applying roughen:

function LE_Roughen(item, options) {
    try {
        var defaults = {
            amount: 5,
            absoluteness: 0,     /* 0 or false = relative, 1 or true = absolute */
            segmentsPerInch: 10,
            smoothness: 0,       /* 0 = corners, 1 = smooth, 0.5 = halfway, 1.5 = too much? */
            expandAppearance: false
        }
        var o = LE.defaultsObject(item, defaults, options, arguments.callee)
        var xml = '<LiveEffect name="Adobe Roughen"><Dict data="R asiz #1 R size #2 R absoluteness #3 R dtal #4 R roundness #5 "/></LiveEffect>'
            .replace(/#1/, o.amount)
            .replace(/#2/, o.amount)
            .replace(/#3/, Number(o.absoluteness))
            .replace(/#4/, o.segmentsPerInch)
            .replace(/#5/, o.smoothness);
        LE.applyEffect(item, xml, o.expandAppearance);
    } catch (error) {
        LE.handleError(error);
    }
};

Note: that this example won't work by itself (it is designed for use with the other code file), but it explicitly shows you how to populate the Dict. Let me know if you get stuck.

- Mark

[ircoony]

You're the best Mark! It helped me a lot to see how to populate the Dict. My code is now working without any popups 🙂

[jamie_0146]

HI! I'm an illustrator who doe'sn't know much about JSX sady but I m trying to figure out how to make a script that will automatically apply the roughen effect to a an object. I have to do this repeatedly at work and I would love to automate the prosess. Any help would be greatfully recieved!

Thanks.

J