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:

Will produce this JSON (pretty-printed here for clarity):

{
  "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:

$ npm install
$ npm run build

Work on src/exporter.js.

Useful references:

• [Illustrator Scripting Guide](reference/Illustrator Scripting Guide.pdf)
• [Illustrator Scripting Reference - Javascript](reference/Illustrator Scripting Reference - Javascript.pdf)