SymbolReplacement

Details: Category: JS Illustrator; Also available:; Published: 22 January 2010; Last Updated: 26 June 2012; Hits: 10065

Automate objets replacement with a symbol !

With symbolReplacement, replace every object of a selection by a given symbol (Named 'Dot').
Then, you don't have to update 10, 20, 30 objects but only one symbol.

Use

Download and place the script in the Illustrator scripts 's folder.
In your document, draw the symbol you will use for replacement et name it VERY PRECISELY "Dot".
Select all the objects to modify and launch the script via File/Scripts/ (Other scripts/ if you didn't save the script in the Illustrator script folder) SymbolRemplacement.

All the the selected objects were instantly replaced by the symbol.

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0 # Carolina Martinho 2021-02-22 16:35

Thank you!

0 # Salma moustafa 2021-02-07 11:23

merciiii :*

0 # Delia 2021-02-04 18:51

Thank you!! C'est parfait! Do you have patreon?

0 # Bernadette 2020-12-11 14:49

Excellent! Merci beaucoup :)

0 # Kirsten McClure 2020-10-13 16:06

AMAZING thank you so much for this. Bravo!!!

0 # alf 2020-09-03 15:50

ohai!

0 # Alif Ashraf 2020-05-29 21:19

Thanks so much mahn

0 # Kurt 2020-05-14 15:55

Very handy script (once I followed the directions and properly named the symbol)! Thanks for sharing this!

0 # Ethan 2020-05-04 17:42

Merci beaucoup!

+1 # Bethany 2020-02-11 16:11

Thank you SO much -- this has saved me more time than you can possibly imagine. Works perfectly.

0 # Flore 2020-01-27 08:29

thanks :) !

0 # paul mcbride 2019-11-21 19:55

Thank you.

0 # ale 2019-10-14 12:27

thanks

+1 # Buddy 2019-10-13 08:22

Thanks this saved me a couple hours of tedious un-creative work! Who knows how much more it will save in the future. Appreciate it mate.

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