Getting the "real" visibleBounds with javascript...

Hi All,

I'm have a great deal of trouble with this.

I can get the visible bounds of a simple item or group of items.

the Script for this is:

//Get Size for all selected items/groups

doc = app.activeDocument;

sel = doc.selection;

TOmm = 2.83466796875;

Dim(sel);

function Dim(objs) {

    for (i=objs.length-1;i>=0;i--) { // loop through your collection of objects

        var bounds = objs[i].visibleBounds; // Get visibal bounds, which are only visable bounds in some cases...

        var b1 = bounds[0] /TOmm;

        var b2 = bounds[1] /TOmm;

        var b3 = bounds[2] /TOmm;

        var b4 = bounds[3] /TOmm;

        var W = Math.abs(b3-b1).toFixed(1);

        var H = Math.abs(b4-b2).toFixed(1);

        txt = doc.textFrames.add(); // Create the text frame

        txt.contents = "Size:  "+ H + " x " +W + " mm W";  // Adds contents to frame

        txt.position = [objs[i].left,objs[i].top - objs[i].height - 20]; // Positions the frame

};   };

I can get the correct size for simple ClipGroups.

Script below:

//Get Size for all selected "simple" ClipGroups

doc = app.activeDocument;

grp = doc.groupItems;

TOmm = 2.83466796875;

Dim(grp);

function Dim(objs) {

    for (i=objs.length-1;i>=0;i--) { // loop through total collection of groupItems

        if (objs[i].selected) { // test if groupItem is selected

            if(objs[i].pathItems[0].clipping==true){

        var bounds = objs[i].pathItems[0].visibleBounds; // Get visibal bounds, which are only visable bounds in some cases...

        var b1 = bounds[0] /TOmm;

        var b2 = bounds[1] /TOmm;

        var b3 = bounds[2] /TOmm;

        var b4 = bounds[3] /TOmm;

        var W = Math.abs(b3-b1).toFixed(1);

        var H = Math.abs(b4-b2).toFixed(1);

        txt = doc.textFrames.add(); // Create the text frame

        txt.contents = "Size:  "+ H + " x " +W + " mm W";  // Adds contents to frame

        txt.position = [objs[i].left,objs[i].top - objs[i].height - 20]; // Positions the frame

}; }; }; };

I don't think merging these into one script would be hard.

if the clip groups clipping path is not the first item I can loop the path items to find it.

its the more complex items I can't get a handle on.

Questions:-

How to deal with multiple Cilp Groups within Clip Groups?

here is a link to a zip file containing the above 2 scripts.

and a test file with some shapes in it.

http://qwertyfly.com/files/Size.zip

top two rows of shapes work fine with Size.jsx

first item on the bottom row works with ClipSize.jsx

second item on bottom row would work with ClipSize.jsx, if I added a loop through "pathItems".

Last Item on Bottom row has me stumped...

does not matter which clip group is measured, both would be wrong.

and this is still quite a simple shape...

Any help with this would be great.

Thanks guys...