Illustrator Batch Generate

illustrator-batch-generate.js

/* global app, $ */

var names = [
    "Alfa",
    "Bravo",
    "Charlie",
    "Delta",
    "Echo",
    "Foxtrot",
    "Golf",
    "Hotel",
    "India",
    "Juliet",
    "Kilo",
    "Lima",
    "Mike",
    "November",
    "Oscar",
    "Papa",
    "Quebec",
    "Romeo",
    "Sierra",
    "Tango",
    "Uniform",
    "Victor",
    "Whiskey",
    "X-ray",
    "Yankee",
    "Zulu"
];

function getArtboardCount() {
    return names.length/2;
}

function getPerArtboard() {
    return 2;
}

function getName(index) {
    if (index > names.length - 1) {
        return "";
    }
    var n = names[index];
    var spaces = 20 - n.length;
    if (spaces < 0) {
        spaces = 0;
    }
    var s = "";
    for (var i = 0; i < spaces; i++) {
        s += " ";
    }
    return n + s;
}

function getReplacement(index, text) {
    if (text === "REPLACE_ME") {
        return getName(index);
    }

    return getName(index + 1);
}

var PER_LINE = 4;

function main() {
    var templateArtboard = null;

    if (app.documents.length > 0) {
        var doc = app.activeDocument;

        var artboards = doc.artboards;
        for (var i = 0; i < artboards.length; i++) {
            if (artboards[i].name == "TEMPLATE") {
                templateArtboard = artboards[i];
                doc.selectObjectsOnActiveArtboard();
                app.copy();
                break;
            }
        }

        if (templateArtboard == null) {
            alert("No template artboard found");
        }


        for (var j = 0; j < getArtboardCount(); j++) {

            var x1 = templateArtboard.artboardRect[2] + (800 * ((j % PER_LINE) + 1));
            var y1 = templateArtboard.artboardRect[1] - (800 * Math.floor(j / PER_LINE) + 1);
            var x2 = x1 + templateArtboard.artboardRect[2];
            var y2 = templateArtboard.artboardRect[3] - (800 * Math.floor(j / PER_LINE) + 1);

            var ab = doc.artboards.add([x1, y1, x2, y2]);

            app.executeMenuCommand("pasteFront");
            doc.selectObjectsOnActiveArtboard();

            var selectedObjects = app.activeDocument.selection;
            for (var i = 0; i < selectedObjects.length; i++) {
                if (selectedObjects[i].typename === "TextFrame") {
                    var txtContent = selectedObjects[i].textRange.contents;
                    if (txtContent === "REPLACE_ME" || txtContent === "REPLACE_ME_1") {
                        selectedObjects[i].textRange.contents = getReplacement(j * getPerArtboard(), txtContent);
                    }
                }
                selectedObjects[i].selected = false;
            }
        }
    }

}

main();