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When I work with multiple artboards that are large, it's annoying to see all of the artboards because then I can't focus on a few artboards or just one so that i can see how it looks like when it is small. It would be also cool to be able to rotate artboards as well. I know photoshop has the r hotkey to rotate, so a feature like that on Illustrator would be cool.
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If I get you right, as for the rotation of the artboard, there is a solution:
// Description: A script to rotate 90 degrees an active artboard with all the objects on it.
// Requirements: Adobe Illustrator CS6 and above
// Date: July, 2018
// Authors: Alexander Ladygin, email: i@ladygin.pro
// Sergey Osokin, email: hi@sergosokin.ru
// ============================================================================
// Installation:
// 1. Place script in:
// Win (32 bit): C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator [vers.]\Presets\en_GB\Scripts\
// Win (64 bit): C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator [vers.] (64 Bit)\Presets\en_GB\Scripts\
// Mac OS: <hard drive>/Applications/Adobe Illustrator [vers.]/Presets.localized/en_GB/Scripts
// 2. Restart Illustrator
// 3. Choose File > Scripts > Artboards_Rotate_With_Objects
// ============================================================================
// NOTICE:
// Tested with Adobe Illustrator CC 2017/2018 (Mac).
// This script is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind.
// Free to use, not for sale.
// ============================================================================
// Released under the MIT license.
// http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
#target illustrator
app.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevel.DONTDISPLAYALERTS;
var scriptName = 'ARWO',
scriptVersion = '0.2';
try {
if (documents.length > 0) {
var doc = app.activeDocument,
currArt = doc.artboards[doc.artboards.getActiveArtboardIndex()],
currArtNum = doc.artboards.getActiveArtboardIndex() + 1,
lockedItems = new Array(),
hiddenItems = new Array();
// Create Main Window
var dlg = new Window('dialog', scriptName + ' ver.' + scriptVersion, undefined);
dlg.orientation = "column";
dlg.alignChildren = ["fill", "fill"];
// Target radiobutton
var slctTarget = dlg.add("panel", undefined, "What to rotate?");
slctTarget.orientation = "column";
slctTarget.alignChildren = ["fill", "fill"];
slctTarget.margins = 20;
var currArtRadio = slctTarget.add('radiobutton', undefined, "Active Artboard: #" + currArtNum),
allArtRadio = slctTarget.add('radiobutton', undefined, "All " + doc.artboards.length + " Artboards");
currArtRadio.value = true;
// Angle radiobutton
var slctAngle = dlg.add("panel", undefined, "Rotation angle:");
slctAngle.orientation = "row";
slctAngle.alignChildren = ["fill", "fill"];
slctAngle.margins = 20;
var cwAngle = slctAngle.add('radiobutton', undefined, "90 CW"),
ccwAngle = slctAngle.add('radiobutton', undefined, "90 CCW");
cwAngle.value = true;
// Buttons
var btns = dlg.add('group');
btns.alignChildren = 'center';
btns.margins = [0, 10, 0, 0];
var cancel = btns.add('button', undefined, "Cancel");
cancel.helpTip = "Press Esc to Close";
var ok = btns.add('button', undefined, "OK");
ok.helpTip = "Press Enter to Run";
ok.active = true;
cancel.onClick = function () { dlg.close(); }
ok.onClick = okClick;
dlg.center();
dlg.show();
//Start
function okClick() {
// Saving information about locked & hidden pageItems
saveItemsState();
// Rotate active artboard or all artboards in document
if (currArtRadio.value == true) {
rotateArt(currArt);
} else {
for (var i = 0; i < doc.artboards.length; i++) {
doc.artboards.setActiveArtboardIndex(i);
rotateArt(doc.artboards);
}
}
// Restoring locked & hidden pageItems
restoreItemsState();
dlg.close();
}
} else {
throw new Error(scriptName + "\nPlease open a document before running this script.");
}
} catch (e) {
alert(e.message, 'Script Alert', true);
}
// Save information about locked & hidden pageItems
function saveItemsState() {
for (var i = 0; i < doc.pageItems.length; i++) {
var currItem = doc.pageItems;
if (currItem.locked == true) {
lockedItems.push(i);
currItem.locked = false;
}
if (currItem.hidden == true) {
hiddenItems.push(i);
currItem.hidden = false;
}
}
}
// Restoring locked & hidden pageItems
function restoreItemsState() {
for (var i = 0; i < lockedItems.length; i++) {
var index = lockedItems;
doc.pageItems[index].locked = true;
}
for (var j = 0; j < hiddenItems.length; j++) {
var index = hiddenItems
doc.pageItems[index].hidden = true;
}
}
// Main function for rotate artboard
function rotateArt(board) {
var artRect = board.artboardRect,
artWidth = artRect[2] - artRect[0],
artHeight = -(artRect[3] - artRect[1]);
deselect();
doc.selectObjectsOnActiveArtboard();
// Rotate artboard
var newArtRect = [
artRect[0] + artWidth / 2 - (artHeight / 2),
artRect[1] - artHeight / 2 + (artWidth / 2),
artRect[2] - artWidth / 2 + (artHeight / 2),
artRect[3] + artHeight / 2 - (artWidth / 2)
];
board.artboardRect = newArtRect;
// Rotate objects
for (var k = 0; k < selection.length; k++) {
var bnds = selection
top = bnds[1] - artRect[1],
right = bnds[2] - artRect[2],
left = bnds[0] - artRect[0],
bottom = bnds[3] - artRect[3];
// selection
if (cwAngle.value == true) {
// rotate 90 CW
selection
selection
selection
} else {
// rotate 90 CCW
selection
selection
selection
}
}
deselect();
}
function deselect() {
activeDocument.selection = null;
}