Without doing a plugin and cursing myself with all extra overhead (yeah it would certainly be possible but then a 15 minutes interesting job becomes a 1 month chore and then you couldn't afford the solution). You can now add it to an action with insert menu item. Now the script should be visible in file -> scripts -> yourfilename. In may version is located in under the installation directory:īut varies a bit with version and os (refer to this).
Next put this file in your presets scripting folder. But then illustrator will forget this next time you load (yeah adobe consistently ignores the feature request of keyboard shortcuts for scripts). You can tie this into a action, and keyboard shortcut from there. tRealPreference('constrain/angle', angle) Var angle = Prefs.getRealPreference('constrain/angle') Well you could use this jsx script: var Prefs = app.preferences Clicking any of these buttons or entering a value in the pop up simply sets Illustrator's constrain angle to that degree. You can click the angle under the text "Constrain Angle" to get a pop up enabling you to enter any angle. One of the functions of the Protractor Panel is to give you essentially a shortcut to the constrain angles via buttons. However, if you look at all the features which are part of VectorScribe the cost is easily justifiable. The cost of VectorScribe may not be worth it for only that feature. I don't know that I could recommend VectorScribe for the Protractor Panel alone. The most simple of all these features is the Protractor Panel. VectorScribe is a collection of many features. The only thing perhaps easier than adjusting preferences is using the Protractor Panel which is part of Astute Graphics VectorScribe plug in.
While not the same as constraining, I often find the smart Guides snapping sufficient. If you're looking for something internal, why not use Smart Guides and adjust the Preferences to show Construction Guides at 30° angles? This will give you a "snap" at the 30° angles.
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