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Selecting a Single Point of a Script

Forum|Forum|2 years ago
September 7, 2023
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There are single points in the drawings from Autocad. Is there a script to select only these single points?

Thank you!

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Correct answer femkeblanco

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var paths = app.activeDocument.pathItems;
for (var i = paths.length - 1; i > - 1; i--) {
    if (paths[i].pathPoints.length <= 2) {
        var ps = paths[i].pathPoints;
        if (ps[0].anchor.toString() == ps[1].anchor.toString() && 
            ps[0].rightDirection.toString() == ps[1].rightDirection.toString() && 
            ps[0].leftDirection.toString() == ps[1].leftDirection.toString()) {
                paths[i].remove();
        }
    }
}

femkeblancoCorrect answer

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var paths = app.activeDocument.pathItems;
for (var i = paths.length - 1; i > - 1; i--) {
    if (paths[i].pathPoints.length <= 2) {
        var ps = paths[i].pathPoints;
        if (ps[0].anchor.toString() == ps[1].anchor.toString() && 
            ps[0].rightDirection.toString() == ps[1].rightDirection.toString() && 
            ps[0].leftDirection.toString() == ps[1].leftDirection.toString()) {
                paths[i].remove();
        }
    }
}

KreatifartAuthor

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This script perfect working cleared all single points. Thank You...

Brad @ Roaring Mouse

Community Expert

I don't think they are single points; especially the one on the right since Illustrator will not display a stroke on a single point like that. Try drag one with the direct select tool and see what happens. There may be two connected points on top of each other, so in essence a line segment (which makes sense for Autocad). In which case the Clean Up tool will not find them.

KreatifartAuthor

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I checked, single point.

Monika Gause

Community Expert

How did you check? In the Document info panel?

Monika Gause

Community Expert

THis is even built into Illustrator. You could check out Select > Object > Single anchor points.

Or use the Object > Path > Clean up function.

KreatifartAuthor

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Thank but "Object > Path > Clean up function" I tried but it didn't work. I couldn't find "Select > Object > Single anchor points". Is there a different method?

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