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Hi Patterson,
Thanks for the reply.
I have tried it as you mentioned. My requirement is such that I need to reflect the copy, so I duplicate the art and then apply tranformation. But there is still the same problem - Two art objects will be there after reflection.
Reflecting the arts is not the issue, problem is the way the art is reflected.
To make it clear let me explain the problem. Try this,
-> Create a shape/art on document.
-> Double click on "Reflect Tool" (in Tool panel). A dialog will appear.
-> Select Vertical/ Horizontal or enter value of angle.
-> Click copy.
You will see the two different arts ( one is reflected and the other is original). You can select/delete/edit any of them. They are like two different arts.
Now try this,
-> Create a shape/art on document.
-> Click on Effects->Distort & Tranform->Tranform. A dialog will appear.
-> Just check the "Reflect x" and enter "1" in copies. Click ok.
You will see only a single art having both original and reflected, combined together.
Using API either action mangar or transform suite + duplicate art, the result produced is same as mentioned in first case.
What I wanted is to produce result as mentioned in second case. i.e both art (original and reflected) should be combined together as a single art.
Please help!!!.
Thanks
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Ah, so what you're really looking for is the ability to apply a Live Effect to art? That is something I can help you with, though I'll have to brush up on my effect application code. I posted the code for a plugin that lets you debug a variety of things in Illustrator, one of which is the ability to see the name & parameters of a live effect. I can do that for you in the short term but you might consider grabbing that, since it might useful in the future
Here are the dictionary entries for a reflection (with parameters you can probably guess):
Effect name: "Adobe Transform"
+ transformPatterns [ "Boolean" ] = false
+ rotate_Degrees [ "Real" ] = 0
+ scaleH_Percent [ "Real" ] = 100
+ pinPoint [ "Integer" ] = 4
+ randomize [ "Boolean" ] = false
+ rotate_Radians [ "Real" ] = 0
+ scaleV_Factor [ "Real" ] = 1
+ reflectY [ "Boolean" ] = true
+ scaleLines [ "Boolean" ] = true
+ scaleV_Percent [ "Real" ] = 100
+ moveH_Pts [ "Real" ] = 0
+ scaleH_Factor [ "Real" ] = 1
+ numCopies [ "Integer" ] = 2
+ moveV_Pts [ "Real" ] = -110
+ reflectX [ "Boolean" ] = false
+ transformObjects [ "Boolean" ] = true
You can read up on how to use this information to apply it without PlayAction here: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/925871?tstart=0
P.S. Telling it to do two copies seems to make the original art stay visible. If you do one copy, the original is there, it just not rendered (you can still click on where it would be and get its selection box).
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