Art Utility

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Art Utility is an app that automates tasks in Adobe Illustrator®(not affiliated or approved by Adobe Systems Incorporated).

I made this app five years ago and it still works! Someone recently requested a copy of it and I have decided to offer it as "pay what you want" from Sellfy. I am doing this because I no longer support this app. I still create AppleScripts but I no longer create user interfaces for them.




Features:

1. Artboard Resize: Select an object and click "page size" to change the current artboard to the size of the selection. Add extra space by entering a number in the text field. A negative number will make the artboard smaller than the selection.
2. Select Every: text frame, path item or placed item in the document.
3. Add Dimensions to Selection: Automatically call out the dimensions of a selection. It adds the width and height in inches. If you select multiple items, group them first or it will just add dimensions to the topmost object.
4. Add Dieline Swatch: Adds a "dieline" spot color to the swatches–  spot colors are usually used to call non printing items so that they separate from the process colors.
5. Current Date: Copy the current date to the clipboard with a click of a button. Then it can be pasted into a document.
6. Slug Info: creates a text frame below the artboard that includes basic information about the the document; name of the computer user, date and time that the slug was updated, the file name, the file path, file creation date, file modification date, document width, and document height.
7. Ink Names: adds all of the ink names used in the artwork to the document. Conveniently colors each ink name in its own color.
8. Grids: Draw complex grids within a rectangular selection with a click of a button.
9. Guides: Automatically draws guides around the perimeter of a selection or the artboard. Can also draw guides on the vertical and horizontal centers of the artboard or selection.
10. Unit Converter: converts between in, cm, mm, points/pixels.
11. Scale Percentage Calculator: takes the guesswork out of scaling to a specific size. Enter the current dimension and the desired dimension and it will calculate the exact percentage to scale it at.

Use at your own risk, user is responsible for backing up their own data. It's a good practice to save the file before you use any of the functions.

Requirements: Mac OS 10.6 or higher, Adobe Illustrator
Stand alone app that is completely separate from Illustrator and does not affect your installation of Illustrator in any way (It doesn't add menu items to Illustrators menu bar etc)
Easy to install– just unzip and move to your applications folder.
Simple to uninstall– drag the app to the trash.