Spliting an Artboard into seperate Artboards

[Ezbaze]

A set up to seperate a single artbaord into seperate smaller sections, use cases could be printing or Social Media Carousel posts, and anything that requires seperate exports of a single Art Board

 

( The above is a 4x3 grid in A4 Size example, but adding / resizing should be a simple task, it is also made for Printing specificly )

 

Drawing Board:

An artboard that is made into a "Symbol"

 

Print Overlay:

An ArtBoard with a "Symbol" in it called "Print Overlay", anything placed inside the simble will be visible on every single print Page 

 

Export Layout:

A grid of A4 Sized ArtBoards, each one has the "Drawing Board" symbol inside it as well as the "Print Overlay"

 

Pros:

Easier to resize / add additional boards compared to overlaying slices on top of the "Full" ArtBoard

A clean ArtBoard on the right with unobstructed view from the Print Overlays ^

 

Cons:

Potential Performance issues, considering that the "Full" artboard gets coppied into every single Print Page

File: Garment_Layout--A4--4-3.afdesign

 

( At some point the creation of this set up could easily be automated once the scripting feature comes out  )