Fast Way to "Centreline" many complex outlined paths?

[billw@mlode.com]

Greetings Stephan,

I have attached an action and files for Illustrator 5 as unfortunately actions have had troubles working between different versions of Illustrator. Actually I am glad you did not have Ill 6, as this gave me a chance to streamline the action a bit.

Two things to remember:

1. Actions can only act on elements that are selected. Therefore some interaction with the action steps is needed. An action guides one through a series of steps that can be done without the action. If you are all ready proficient in these steps an action may not necessary speed up the process but will allow others not so proficient to complete the process.

2. After the 5th stop message in the action I built, there is a dialog box that may say "....lock is not available." If one does not select a element in the step before, which one may not need to do. If that dialog comes up, just select the continue button in the dialog.

Have fun watching the action.

-Bill-

-Bill-

[billw@mlode.com]

Stephen - had a chance to use the action? Any feedback?

-Bill-

[Stephen Marsh]

Thank you Bill, I am sorry for not getting back to you, our Epson 9900 has had it's head replaced due to a nasty 1A37 error (close to $2K in parts and labour) and I am having a nightmare with my delta e values. I will get back to you as soon as I can. Thanks again!


Stephen Marsh

[Stephen Marsh]

Bill, again, my apologies for the delay in my reply. I am now past the colour issues that I was previously having with our 9900, I was chasing my tail with dE vs. dH values contradicting each other, constantly failing proof certification.

The CS5 action works great, thank you for your time and for helping to come up with a solution to help streamline this process. Cheers Bill!


Stephen Marsh

[billw@mlode.com]

Anytime - Glad the action can help streamline your process.

-Bill-