Last Updated: February 25, 2016
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Faster item copy in Illustrator using scripting

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One thing I wish it was better at was making an array of objects based on selection. Here is a script to automatically do it for you. You can use move and transform but it involves a lot of math and isn’t very fast. This is a more efficient way of doing so.

walkthrough on how to use it here: http://vimeo.com/76484456

the script:
https://github.com/hilukasz/wulib/blob/master/duplicateItemsWithMargin.jsx

Place the script in:
/Applications/Adobe Illustrator CC/Presets.localized/en_US/Scripts

Now it will load into the menu when you reboot Illustrator

ok go make cool wireframes!
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