Very Interesting!
Thanks!!!
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On Sat, 1 Dec 2018 at 02:53, Karen Ackoff <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> This question came up on my user group forum, and I thought it might be of
> interest to some here.
>
> I refer to Adobe Illustrator (2018) here.
>
> The question was - how do I calculate the area of an open curve? Some
> discussion ensued, and one user commented that an open curve does not have
> an area… but if you choose to fill the open curve, you will see that it
> does.
>
> In early versions of Illustrator you could bring up something called an
> “Object Tree” by opening the DeBugging palette - Command+Option+Shift+F12.
> But trying this, nothing happened. The Properties panel provides width,
> height and X- and Y-axis info. But the area of a shape or open curve is not
> provided.
>
> So not shying away from a challenge, this is what I came up with:
>
>
> 1. I opened TextEdit (NotePad for PC folks). I chose Format > Plain
> Text.
> 2. Paste this code into the document: alert("Area & Length
> (inches)\nArea: " +
> (Math.abs(app.activeDocument.selection[0].area/5184).toFixed(3)) +
> "\nLength: " + (app.activeDocument.selection[0].length/72).toFixed(3));
> 3. For reference: this script came from:
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__blog.k8baldwin.com_Finding-2Dareas-2Dand-2Dlengths-2Din-2DIllustrator-2Dtd4.html&d=DwIFaQ&c=Cu5g146wZdoqVuKpTNsYHeFX_rg6kWhlkLF8Eft-wwo&r=AGYZ7-AeerjxzYnIwL-lBLFI3SPYN3BDmku4qGQB4Tg&m=hdtEAakn3Sv8zDzzbcrqfZS0mWfBdgtgvNbPFlBQ4Po&s=aMqMJ2Ua3DXL0fFRN-3UA6a-T-RU29LuB_tRm-9r-Q0&e=
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> 4. Save the script as “AreaLength.JS”.
> 5. In Illustrator, create the desired shape or curve. Select it.
> 6. File > Scripts and choose the script you just made. The length and
> area will be displayed. For an example, see here:
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__karenackoff.net_z-2Dmisc_calculate-2Darea.png&d=DwIFaQ&c=Cu5g146wZdoqVuKpTNsYHeFX_rg6kWhlkLF8Eft-wwo&r=AGYZ7-AeerjxzYnIwL-lBLFI3SPYN3BDmku4qGQB4Tg&m=hdtEAakn3Sv8zDzzbcrqfZS0mWfBdgtgvNbPFlBQ4Po&s=zbY8rU40GNbtX-e3qZ3k6OymsV-Irx51UKLc_jxKKk0&e=
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>
>
> I’m sure with some tweaking the script could be adapted further. But I
> thought it was a nifty trick.
>
> Enjoy. K
>
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