Create an artboard from a rectangle

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January 7, 2016
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This is probably a simple question and I've searched, but haven't found a specific answer to this question.

I created a rectangle and would like to then convert that to an artboard. Is there an easy way to take my rectangle and just run a function to convert it to an artboard?

Thanks!

Scripting

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Correct answer CarlosCanto

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app.activeDocument.artboards.add(selection[0].geometricBounds);
selection[0].remove();

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joro126Author

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Thanks to you both. I ended up using CarlosCanto's answer since it just worked with my existing code. I'm still getting my head wrapped around scripting in illustrator and this community has been very helpful. Thanks again!

Silly-V

Legend

If you simply need to do this and not do it necessarily from a scripting environment, you can simply assign a keyboard shortcut to the Object > Artboards > Convert to Artboard menu item which does exactly what you want: turn a rectangle into an artboard.