NameTag Generator

NameTagGenerator.js

// NameTag Generator (alpha version)
// Designed and Coded by David Lee @DesignSpectrum, @Daylight
// 23 July, 2017

// array of participants' names
var participants = ["James", "Peter", "David"];

// get sketch document and layers(incl. artboard)
var sketch = context.api();
var document = sketch.selectedDocument;
var page = document.selectedPage;
var selectedLayers = document.selectedLayers;
var DISTANCE = 50;

// Give warning when artboard is not selected
if(selectedLayers.length == 0) {
log('Please select an artboard first.');
}

// duplicate the selected artboard
for(i = 0; i < participants.length; i++) {
 selectedLayers.iterate(function(artboard) {
  if(artboard.isArtboard) {
   var newArtboard = artboard.duplicate();
   var rect = newArtboard.frame;
   rect.x += (i + 1) * (rect.width + DISTANCE);
   newArtboard.frame = rect;

   newArtboard.iterate(function(group) {
    if(group.name == 'name') {
     group.iterate(function(layer) {
      if(layer.name == 'name') {
       layer.text = participants[i];
      }
     });
    }
   });
  }
 });
};