SVG Path Bounding Box in ExtendScript

Question

I am truly stumped at this point. I need to get the bounding box of a path string. I cannot use RaphaelJS because it's integrated too deeply with the browser, and naturally the Illustrator Type Library doesn't include anything to help me.

Where can I go from here? Should I just spend the time implementing my own algorithm?

Answer 1

check out:
http://www.jongware.com/idjshelp.html
or:
http://yearbookmachine.github.io/esdocs/#/Illustrator/PageItem

Rect geometricBounds Read only Property
The bounds of the artwork excluding stroke width.

There is not a lot of info on the Object Model Viewer about it. If it behaves like in InDesign the coordiantes depend on:

• The page origin
• The used unit
• The page size

I hope that helps. You need to have a document open and have some PageItem selected. Should work with mostly everything you can put on a page in Illustrator.

var main = function(){
    if(app.activeDocument.selection.length > 0){
            var path = app.activeDocument.selection[0];
                    alert(path.geometricBounds);        
                }
        }
    }
main();