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Path Length - vector or compound path
Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2017 1:57 am
by cwswitch
Illustrator may not be the solution, but I have found that you can get the length of a path
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Window Menu > Document Info > (window opens) > (Pallet menu of window that just opened) > Objects
and I have found a method via a script
https://gist.github.com/nanoSpawn/8e8fca48d0fb85dd961e/
Problem I'm trying to solve
The problem I've been given is to calculate the length of the cut line in a file (normally PDF).
In our shop we have Zund iCut machines and we generate a cut file for each job which is a line in a custom spot colour called EyeCut. - the goal is to estimate how long a job will take to cut based on the length of the cut path.
This is to be as automated as possible.
Re: Path Length - vector or compound path
Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2017 11:17 am
by Padawan
Illustrator might be an option if you adjust the script you found to create an xml file with the length of the path in it and then also adjust it so it can be used within the Illustrator configurator. You can then pickup the xml later in the flow. This is just a wild idea btw, I haven't tried anything like this myself.
Do you need to know the exact amount of nodes in a path or is it enough to know if it is over a certain threshold? If you have PitStop Server, then you can use an Action List to check if the amount of nodes in a page is more then a certain threshold.
Create a new Action List and add the "Check number of nodes on page" action. You can fill in the treshold there. Alternatively you can use the "Select page by total number of nodes" and then let it follow by a "Log Selection". In the log selection you can then set a custom message to be logged.
Re: Path Length - vector or compound path
Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2017 3:49 am
by cwswitch
Brilliant suggestion with Pitstop!
If I can get that working it's a very good step.
Let's see...
Re: Path Length - vector or compound path
Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2017 2:32 am
by cwswitch
I got a great solution by following this path, thanks!
Bit of work off the back of this idea and I now get the job to output with the number of nodes in its file name.
Padawan wrote:If you have PitStop Server, then you can use an Action List to check if the amount of nodes in a page is more then a certain threshold.
Re: Path Length - vector or compound path
Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2017 12:10 pm
by abailescollins
this is a nice idea for a future feature in PitStop.
@Cwswitch, could you contact me off forum and we can discuss exactly what you need reported regarding the cut path and we'll see what we can do.
andrewb@enfocus.com