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Adobe Illustrator script to resize objects proportionally to fit inside the artboard.
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NOT MAINTAINED! from ~2014
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// cs4+ script for resizing objects proportionally to fit inside artboard
// based on: https://forums.adobe.com/message/4164590
// usage: create a new document with desired artboard size, paste object, select it, run this script
// bugs: centering does not work after changing artboard size
var activeDoc = app.activeDocument
var selection = activeDoc.selection
// check if anything is selected
if (selection.length > 0) {
for (var i = 0; i < selection.length; i++) {
var item = selection[i].duplicate()
var abActive =
activeDoc.artboards[activeDoc.artboards.getActiveArtboardIndex()]
var abProps = getArtboardBounds(abActive)
var boundsDiff = itemBoundsDiff(selection[i])
fitItem(item, abProps, boundsDiff) // scale object to fit artboard
}
} else {
alert('Select an object before running this script')
}
function getArtboardBounds(artboard) {
var bounds = artboard.artboardRect
var left = bounds[0]
var top = bounds[1]
var right = bounds[2]
var bottom = bounds[3]
var width = right - left
var height = top - bottom
var props = { left: left, top: top, width: width, height: height }
return props
}
function itemBoundsDiff(item) {
var itemVB = item.visibleBounds
var itemVW = itemVB[2] - itemVB[0] // right - left
var itemVH = itemVB[1] - itemVB[3] // top - bottom
var itemGB = item.geometricBounds
var itemGW = itemGB[2] - itemGB[0] // right - left
var itemGH = itemGB[1] - itemGB[3] // top - bottom
var deltaX = itemVW - itemGW
var deltaY = itemVH - itemGH
var diff = { deltaX: deltaX, deltaY: deltaY }
return diff
}
function fitItem(item, props, diff) {
var oldWidth = item.width
var oldHeight = item.height
if (item.width > item.height) {
// landscape, scale height using ratio from width
item.width = props.width - diff.deltaX
var ratioW = item.width / oldWidth
item.height = oldHeight * ratioW
} else {
// portrait, scale width using ratio from height
item.height = props.height - diff.deltaY
var ratioH = item.height / oldHeight
item.width = oldWidth * ratioH
}
// center
item.top = 0 - (props.height / 2 - item.height / 2)
item.left = props.width / 2 - item.width / 2
// deselect
item.selected = false
}
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@Ramalingamspi
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Hi Your script works great but i need to scale the object with scale & stroke effects on. Is it possible, please help me

@futuremotiondev
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This script is almost there... on Illustrator CC it doesn't place the resized object in its parent artboard. I'm an amateur at ExtendScript - hoping for a fix!

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