Pathfinder

This example shows you how to use the pathfinder options.

    main();
    
    function main () {
    /*
    These functions build a basic setup
    this is for better reuse
    */
    var build_setup_result = build_setup();
    
    /*
     separate the result of the setup function into
     single variables. for better handling
    */
    var doc = build_setup_result[0]; // This is a doc
    var page = build_setup_result[1]; // This is a page
    var polygon1 = build_setup_result[2]; // this is our poly1
    var polygon2 = build_setup_result[3]; // this is our poly2
    
    page.duplicate(); // duplicate the first page several times
    page.duplicate();
    page.duplicate();
    page.duplicate();
    
    // polygon1.addPath(polygon2); //these are the results of the setup
    
    // these are the duplicated pages
    
    doc.pages.item(1).polygons.item(0).addPath(             doc.pages.item(1).polygons.item(1));
    doc.pages.item(2).polygons.item(0).subtractPath(        doc.pages.item(2).polygons.item(1));
    doc.pages.item(3).polygons.item(0).intersectPath(       doc.pages.item(3).polygons.item(1));
    doc.pages.item(4).polygons.item(0).excludeOverlapPath(  doc.pages.item(4).polygons.item(1));
    
    
    }; // end of function main
    
    
    function build_setup(){
    // create a doc with a size of 200 w and h
    var doc = app.documents.add({
    
            documentPreferences:{
                    pageWidth : 200,
                    pageHeight: 200,
                    facingPages: false,
    
                }
            });
    
    var page = doc.pages.item(0); // get the page
    /*    
    create a textframe with a content and the 
    textframe option set to 
    Center
    */
    
    var tf1 = doc.pages.item(0).textFrames.add({
            geometricBounds:[25,25,175,175],
            contents: "X",
            textFramePreferences:{
                verticalJustification: VerticalJustification.CENTER_ALIGN
                }
            });
        
        
    var firstPar = tf1.paragraphs.item(0); // get the first paragraph
    // set some properties
    firstPar.properties = {
                    pointSize: 500,
                    justification : Justification.CENTER_ALIGN,
                    hyphenation : false
                    };
    
    /*    
    create a textframe with a content and the 
    textframe option set to 
    Center
    */
    
    var tf2 = doc.pages.item(0).textFrames.add({
            geometricBounds:[25,25,175,175],
            contents: "O",
            textFramePreferences:{
                verticalJustification: VerticalJustification.CENTER_ALIGN
                }
            });
        
        
    var firstPar = tf2.paragraphs.item(0); // get the first paragraph
    // set some properties
    firstPar.properties = {
                    pointSize: 500,
                    justification : Justification.CENTER_ALIGN,
                    hyphenation : false
                    };
    
    
    var poly1 = tf1.createOutlines(true); // make a polygon from the text
    var poly2 = tf2.createOutlines(true); // make a polygon from the text
    
    
    return [doc, page, poly1[0], poly2[0]];
    
    }; // end of setup