MACE5cm Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 Is there some way to conveniently manage a large number of artboards at the same time? For example, - need to create 70 artboards of a certain size and install them at a certain distance from each other for the opportunity to proportionally increase everything equally. It must be created not in one row, but with a certain number of columns and rows. - or I need to proportionally increase the sizes of the artboards at the same time, and so that they do not overlap each other. regroup all existing ones, with the desired distance between them - or I have a bunch of artboards with unique forma in each, and I was asked to prepare a cut outline. Is there a way I can copy all the shapes on different artboards and paste the same shape on each one at the same time, so that I can then apply a stroke to it with the desired parameters? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prophet Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 Artboards are a kind of quasi objects, so they can be power duplicated, resized, aligned and spaced just like any other object. Have you experimented with them? Is there something specific you can't make happen that we can help you with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 53 minutes ago, MACE5cm said: need to create 70 artboards of a certain size and install them at a certain distance from each other for the opportunity to proportionally increase everything equally. It must be created not in one row, but with a certain number of columns and rows. You could create 1 Artboard, and with it selected in the Layers panel you could duplicate it using Ctrl+J (Windows) or Cmd+J (Mac) enough times to fill 1 row. You could then distribute/align them in that row using the Alignment buttons in the Context Toolbar (with the Move Tool active). You could Group the result. Then you could select the Group in the Layers panel, and duplicate it enough times for the rows. Then again use alignment/distribution with all the Groups selected to get the rows arranged vertically. Alternatively: You could create 1 Artboard, then press Enter to get the Move/Duplicate function. Using the settings there, you could shift the one Artboard horizontally an appropriate amount, and specify Duplicate, and give the number of duplicates. Press OK. Then Group the duplicates. Press Enter again and in Move/Duplicate specify the vertical distance/offset, and Duplicate, and give the count. Then you have the array you want. 53 minutes ago, MACE5cm said: or I need to proportionally increase the sizes of the artboards at the same time, and so that they do not overlap each other. regroup all existing ones, with the desired distance between them With all the Artboard selected, the Transform panel might provide the function to resize all of them. You would then need to use the Align/Distribute buttons to reset their positions. 55 minutes ago, MACE5cm said: or I have a bunch of artboards with unique forma in each, and I was asked to prepare a cut outline. Is there a way I can copy all the shapes on different artboards and paste the same shape on each one at the same time, so that I can then apply a stroke to it with the desired parameters? Sorry; I'm not sure I understand that. Or if I do, I'm not sure how to do it. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.7, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACE5cm Posted August 29 Author Share Posted August 29 1 hour ago, prophet said: Artboards are a kind of quasi objects, so they can be power duplicated, resized, aligned and spaced just like any other object. Have you experimented with them? Is there something specific you can't make happen that we can help you with? Unfortunately, I have to align each row or column separately, I'm asking if there is a solution to do it faster and with one tool, setting the necessary parameters? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACE5cm Posted August 29 Author Share Posted August 29 1 hour ago, walt.farrell said: You could create 1 Artboard, and with it selected in the Layers panel you could duplicate it using Ctrl+J (Windows) or Cmd+J (Mac) enough times to fill 1 row. You could then distribute/align them in that row using the Alignment buttons in the Context Toolbar (with the Move Tool active). You could Group the result. Then you could select the Group in the Layers panel, and duplicate it enough times for the rows. Then again use alignment/distribution with all the Groups selected to get the rows arranged vertically. Alternatively: You could create 1 Artboard, then press Enter to get the Move/Duplicate function. Using the settings there, you could shift the one Artboard horizontally an appropriate amount, and specify Duplicate, and give the number of duplicates. Press OK. Then Group the duplicates. Press Enter again and in Move/Duplicate specify the vertical distance/offset, and Duplicate, and give the count. Then you have the array you want. With all the Artboard selected, the Transform panel might provide the function to resize all of them. You would then need to use the Align/Distribute buttons to reset their positions. Sorry; I'm not sure I understand that. Or if I do, I'm not sure how to do it. thanks for the answers, but it takes too much time for me regarding the last one: how to copy and paste objects on all artboards at the same time? So that they are pasted not in the first selected artboard, but in their own artboard from which they were copied Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 26 minutes ago, MACE5cm said: regarding the last one: how to copy and paste objects on all artboards at the same time? So that they are pasted not in the first selected artboard, but in their own artboard from which they were copied I strongly doubt that is possible. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.7, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepr Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 54 minutes ago, MACE5cm said: regarding the last one: how to copy and paste objects on all artboards at the same time? So that they are pasted not in the first selected artboard, but in their own artboard from which they were copied Instead of copy and paste, press cmd-j to duplicate. MACE5cm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prophet Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 1 hour ago, MACE5cm said: copy and paste objects on all artboards at the same time Sounds like a job for Master pages in Publisher (if that's an option) or maybe Symbols? You could make a Symbol called, maybe, "common elements", on the original artboard at the size of the whole artboard, then do all the artboard duplicating, aligning etc. Then any work that needs repeating could be done once within that symbol and be seen on all boards. Can we ask what the use case is? Perhaps if we knew more about the project, we could offer other ideas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACE5cm Posted August 29 Author Share Posted August 29 1 hour ago, lepr said: Instead of copy and paste, press cmd-j to duplicate. that's what I need in this particular question, thank you lepr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lepr Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 you're welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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