Scripting the Pen tool

genekogan · Post by **genekogan** » Tue May 17, 2011 4:16 pm

Hello all,

Is it possible to script the pen tool? I don't see it exposed in the javascript API and Script Listener plugin does not seem to record it. I would like to be able to program pen shapes by feeding it a series of (x,y) points. Would appreciate any help on this! thanks!

gene

genekogan · Post by **genekogan** » Tue May 17, 2011 4:26 pm

Note I am using CS5.

larsen67 · Post by **larsen67** » Tue May 17, 2011 4:34 pm

Would you not pass your array of x,y data to a new path item?

genekogan · Post by **genekogan** » Tue May 17, 2011 7:07 pm

Not sure I know what you mean. What I'd like to do is use the pen to make shapes with arbitrary vertexes and contours. Anyway I can do that would be fine by me, I just don't see how to use the tool at all through scripting.

Mike Hale · Post by **Mike Hale** » Tue May 17, 2011 11:19 pm

You can not script the pen tool. You can use SubPathInfo to define a path then use that to create a path using pathItems.add(). The scripting guide has details and a sample script.