Illlustrator Point Exporter

Export [x, y] anchor point coordinates as JSON from Adobe Illustrator.

- Points are organized by path and layer.
- Nested layers are supported.
- Z-order, and path areas and centroids are included.
- Layer, path, or point names are preserved in the output.

- Usage
- Example output
- Contributing

Tested on versions 19.2.0, 21.1.0, 22.0.1.

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": "Level 1 layer",
"zOrderPosition": 1,
"layers": [
{
"name": "Polygons",
"zOrderPosition": 2,
"paths": [
{
"name": "Hexagon",
"area": 20977.0556936124,
"points": [
[
203.620465653063,
284.760368663594
],
[
158.692544209353,
206.942926044627
],
[
203.620465653063,
129.125483425658
],
[
293.476308540483,
129.125483425658
],
[
338.404229984191,
206.942926044627
],
[
293.476308540483,
284.760368663594
]
],
"centroid": [
248.548387096773,
206.942926044626
]
},
{
"name": "Rectangle",
"area": 14950.4130476334,
"points": [
[
330.57603686636,
328.539170506912
],
[
127.811059907835,
328.539170506912
],
[
127.811059907835,
254.806451612902
],
[
330.57603686636,
254.806451612902
]
],
"centroid": [
229.193548387097,
291.672811059907
]
},
{
"name": "Square",
"area": 9099.57739599474,
"points": [
[
134.26267281106,
156.188940092165
],
[
38.8709677419356,
156.188940092165
],
[
38.8709677419356,
60.7972350230411
],
[
134.26267281106,
60.7972350230411
]
],
"centroid": [
86.5668202764978,
108.493087557603
]
}
]
},
{
"name": "Level 2 layer",
"zOrderPosition": 1,
"layers": [
{
"name": "Level 3 layer",
"zOrderPosition": 2,
"layers": [
{
"name": "Paths",
"zOrderPosition": 1,
"paths": [
{
"name": "Squiggle",
"area": -6237.87933487678,
"points": [
[
350.391705069123,
49.2764976958515
],
[
254.539170506911,
117.47926267281
],
[
234.262672811059,
235.451612903225
],
[
80.8064516129016,
195.359447004607
],
[
64.2165898617495,
310.566820276497
]
],
"centroid": [
25.293199202684,
246.13710365416
]
}
]
}
]
},
{
"name": "Points",
"zOrderPosition": 1,
"paths": [
{
"name": "Point 1",
"area": 0,
"points": [
[
294.631336405528,
230.843317972349
]
],
"centroid": [
null,
null
]
},
{
"name": "Point 2",
"area": 0,
"points": [
[
269.7465437788,
60.7972350230411
]
],
"centroid": [
null,
null
]
},
{
"name": "Point 3",
"area": 0,
"points": [
[
200,
151.119815668202
]
],
"centroid": [
null,
null
]
}
]
}
],
"paths": [
{
"name": "PathItem",
"area": 10630.6634270187,
"points": [
[
118.474654377878,
381.907834101381
],
[
81.8829964485049,
338.881193167344
],
[
25.6943079861912,
344.632066924605
],
[
55.3076310682682,
296.535368949346
],
[
32.4749654805391,
244.873868368682
],
[
87.3686635944687,
258.175115207372
],
[
129.445988669805,
220.495678181436
],
[
133.758836790312,
276.81299879576
],
[
182.596719430278,
305.187326617433
],
[
130.368508043138,
326.692098073721
]
],
"centroid": [
97.7373271889382,
299.419354838708
]
}
]
}
]
}
]
}
`

Contributing

Clone this repo, install dependencies, run build script:

`sh
$ npm install
$ npm run build
`

Work on src/exporter.js`.

Useful references:
- Scripting for Illustrator Tutorial
- Illustrator Scripting Guide
- Illustrator Scripting References (PDFs)