Illlustrator: point coordinate exporter

Export point coordinates as JSON from Adobe Illustrator.

As of now this only works with polygons.

- Usage
- Example output
- Contributing

Usage

1. Clone/download this repo locally.
2. In Illustrator, File > Scripts > Other Script and locate dist/exporter.js.
3. Name and save your JSON export.

Example output

This Illustrator file:

!Example image

Will produce this JSON (pretty-printed here for clarity):
``json
{
"layers": [
{
"name": "Polygon",
"paths": [
{
"name": "Yellow hexagon",
"points": [
[
147.188583099185,
255.177953406273
],
[
94.377166198371,
163.705896114361
],
[
147.188583099185,
72.2338388224471
],
[
252.811416900817,
72.2338388224471
],
[
305.62283380163,
163.705896114361
],
[
252.811416900817,
255.177953406273
]
]
}
]
},
{
"name": "Path",
"paths": [
{
"name": "Blue path",
"points": [
[
34.0506912442397,
258.585253456222
],
[
122.069124423963,
342.917050691245
],
[
170.456221198157,
289.921658986175
],
[
122.529953917051,
238.308755760369
],
[
155.709677419355,
202.364055299538
]
]
}
]
},
{
"name": "Rectangles",
"paths": [
{
"name": "Green rectangle",
"points": [
[
352.483870967742,
363.193548387097
],
[
232.207373271889,
363.193548387097
],
[
232.207373271889,
150.751152073732
],
[
352.483870967742,
150.751152073732
]
]
},
{
"name": "Black square",
"points": [
[
136.815668202765,
131.396313364055
],
[
54.7880184331798,
131.396313364055
],
[
54.7880184331798,
49.3686635944705
],
[
136.815668202765,
49.3686635944705
]
]
}
]
}
]
}
`

Contributing

Clone this repo, install dependencies, run build script:

`sh
$ npm install
$ npm run build
`

Work on src/exporter.js`.

Useful references:
- Illustrator Scripting Guide
- Illustrator Scripting Reference - Javascript