Skip to content

Instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

@antonjb
Created December 10, 2012 06:47
Show Gist options
  • Save antonjb/4248884 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Save antonjb/4248884 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Illustrator Layer to SVG Exporter
/*
* Layers to SVG - layers_export.jsx
* @version 0.1
* Improved PageItem selection, which fixed centering
*
* @author Anton Ball
* Exports all layers to SVG Files
* I didn't want every layer in the SVG file so it first creates a new document
* and one by one copies each layer to that new document while exporting it out
* as an SVG.
*
* TODO:
* 1. More of an interface wouldn't hurt. Prefix option and progress bar of some description.
*
*/
// Variables
var docRef = app.activeDocument,
docPath = docRef.path,
ignoreHidden = true,
svgExportOptions = (function(){
var options = new ExportOptionsSVG();
options.fontSubsetting = SVGFontSubsetting.GLYPHSUSED;
options.embedRasterImages = false;
options.fontType = SVGFontType.OUTLINEFONT;
return options;
}()),
destination, holderDoc;
// Functions
var stepThroughAndExportLayers = function(layers){
var layer,
numLayers = layers.length;
for (var i = 0; i < numLayers; i += 1){
layer = layers[i];
if (ignoreHidden && !layer.visible){continue;}
copyLayerTo(layer, holderDoc);
// Resize the artboard to the object
selectAll(holderDoc);
holderDoc.fitArtboardToSelectedArt(0); // Crashes without an index
exportAsSVG(validateLayerName(layer.name, '-'), holderDoc);
// Remove everything
holderDoc.activeLayer.pageItems.removeAll();
}
holderDoc.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);
},
// Copies the layer to the doc
copyLayerTo = function(layer, doc){
var pageItem,
numPageItems = layer.pageItems.length;
for (var i = 0; i < numPageItems; i++){
pageItem = layer.pageItems[i];
pageItem.duplicate(holderDoc.activeLayer, ElementPlacement.PLACEATEND);
}
},
// Selects all PageItems in the doc
selectAll = function(doc){
var pageItems = doc.pageItems,
numPageItems = doc.pageItems.length;
for (var i = 0; i < numPageItems; i += 1){
pageItems[i].selected = true;
}
},
// Exports the doc to the destination saving it as name
exportAsSVG = function(name, doc){
var file = new File(destination + '/' + name + '.svg');
holderDoc.exportFile(file, ExportType.SVG, svgExportOptions);
},
// Makes sure the name is lowercase and no spaces
validateLayerName = function(value, separator){
separator = separator || '_';
return value.toLowerCase().replace(/\s/, separator);
};
// Init
(function(){
destination = Folder.selectDialog('Select folder for SVG files.', docPath);
if (!destination){return;}
holderDoc = app.documents.add(DocumentColorSpace.RGB);
stepThroughAndExportLayers(docRef.layers);
}());
@jaygilmore
Copy link

this works perfectly. Thanks for sharing it.

@andireas
Copy link

Script works perfect, thank you! Is it possible to add an option for scaling? I'd like to export the artboards to 200%.

Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment