this is a AI CS5 (Extend)script collection for generating Voronoi diagrams in Adobe Illustrator.
The Voronoi implementation is taken from gorhills javascript-voronoi port at github
Thanx a lot for this MIT licensed code.
to see what is happening just download the whole package. Run the script from Illustrator by hitting CMD+F12 (on Mac) or STRG+F12 (on Win) and selecting the file voronoi_basic.jsx. Or download the file rhill-voronoi-core.js and paste the code below into a new file that lies next to the rhill-voronoi-core.js.
The function util_inspect_properties(f) works with the Extend Script Toolkit console.
#include "rhill-voronoi-core.js"
var voronoi = new Voronoi();
var bbox = {xl:0,xr:800,yt:0,yb:600};
var vertices = [{x:200, y:200}, {x:50, y:250}, {x:400, y:100} /* , ... */];
// a 'vertex' is an object exhibiting 'x' and 'y' properties. The
// Voronoi object will add a unique 'voronoiId' property to all
// vertices. The 'voronoiId' can be used as a key to lookup the
// associated cell in 'diagram.cells'.
var diagram = voronoi.compute(vertices, bbox);
// now inspect the code with the function util_inspect_properties
// by Peter "the Magnificant" Kahrel
// http://www.kahrel.plus.com/indesign/scriptui.html
// look under "Displaying properties and methods"
$.writeln (util_insepct_properties(result.cells[0].site));
function util_inspect_properties (f) {
$.writeln (f.reflect.name);
var props = f.reflect.properties;
var array = [];
for (var i = 0; i < props.length; i++)
try {array.push (props[i].name + ": " + f[props[i].name])} catch (_){}
array.sort ();
$.writeln (array.join ("\r"));
}
There are three of them
As mentioned above it builds the basic example by gorhill in Illustrator
All the examples below use only the path points. Curves dont get calculated. If you want to reflect curves - add pathpoints along it! (have a look at this)
a more complex graphic is created with this script. It uses the Unibody 8 SmallCaps Regular font from underware
The "voronoi_fromSelection.jsx" script takes the selection from the active document and copies it to a new document with the same size as the source document. Than comes the magic…
It works with text, path items and compound paths. The best thing is to release all artworks (at least roughly) to simple path items. Than select the graphic you want to convert to a diagram. (Not tested yet with mesh items, symbols, raster items, graph items or placed items) Than the copied items will be transformed. The script will try to release all groups and compound paths turn text into outlines. But if you want to save some time do it yourself.
- release as much compound paths as possible
- turn text to outlines
- release all groups
- select your graphic
- run the script Depending on how many points you process* you can make some coffee or watch the script working for you
These are the transformations that occur:
- copies selection to a new document with the same size as the source doc
- textFrames get converted to outlines
- groups get ungrouped using this code (ungroupV1.js) by Nokcha
- all compound paths get released based on this example
- calculates the diagram
- locks the original layer and makes it invisible
- creates a layer with the edges
- calculates cell colors based on hsl circle or randomly
- creates a layer with the cells
- creates a layer with the sites
In the top of the script are some global variables:
- COLOREDCELLS -> if true all cells get colored randomly
- HSBCOLORSCELLS -> if true the colors are on the hsb circle
- STROKEDCELLS -> if true all cells get a black stroke
- DRAWCELLS -> if true it creates a layer with the cells
- DRAWEDGES -> if true it creates a layer with the edges
- DRAWSITES -> if true it creates a layer with the sites
- ANGLEOFFSET -> define the starting point of the hsl angle
- ANGLE = -> define the range of the angle
- SATURATION -> …
- LIGHTNESS -> …
See the video here: https://vimeo.com/38493279
Same as gorhill. This code is under MIT License.
This product includes software developed by netbluew@nate.com and its contributors
(ungroupV1.js by Nokcha).
Copyright (c) 2012 Fabian "fabiantheblind" Morón Zirfas
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Use this code:
var count = 0;
for (var i =0; i < app.activeDocument.selection.length;i++){
try{count+=app.activeDocument.selection[i].pathPoints.length;}catch(e){}
};
alert("you have "+count+ " pathpoints in your selection");