A powerful PowerScript to create Guides automatically using a flexible text based layout template system

Features

Create guides on the current artboard or all artboards
Create Horizontal or Vertical guides
Align guides to the left, right, top, bottom to center
Use a fixed page width or use the artboard width
Scale guide layout to the artboard size
Resize the artboard to add or reduce a fixed bleed amount
Create standard guides or custom colored guides with opacity using lines on a locked layer
Place all guides on a dedicated layer and lock the layer
Group the guides

Template System

Examples

Type in the column widths you want	10mm \| 95mm \| 10mm \| 95mm \| 10mm
Add \| to ends to add guides on the edge of the page	\| 10mm \| 95mm \| 10mm \| 95mm \| 10mm \|
Use auto to calculate the column width, this will create 3 columns, with 0.5cm gutters	0.5cm \| auto \| 0.5cm \| auto \| 0.5cm \| auto \| 0.5cm
Use multiplying groups to repeat columns, below anything between the brackets is duplicated 3 times	0.5cm \| 3x(\| auto \| 0.5cm )
Mix and match units - create 5 x 2 two inch wide columns with 0.1 inch gutters	\| 0.1" \| 5x(2inch \| 0.1 in \|)
Create fixed columns for Grids (turn on scale to width)	30x(\|0.5cm\|)
Use autox as an auto multiplier to automatically calculate the number of items that can fit	25mm \| autox(\|10mm\|) \| 25mm
4 columns page, with 0.5cm gutters and 10mm gutters on outside edges	10mm \| 3x(auto \| 0.5cm \|) \| auto \| 10mm
Use percents, divide the Artboard into 5 columns 20% wide	5x(\|20%\|)
Combine percentages with auto, 50% wide center column, then two 20% wide side columns	auto \| 50% \| auto \| 20% \| auto \| 20% \| auto
When creating lines (not guides) you can apply color Insert the color between two bars \|color\| as RGB:0,0,0 or CMYK:0,0,0,0	10mm \|rgb:255,0,0\| auto \|cmyk:100,0,100,0\| 10mm \|cmyk:100,0,100,0\| auto \|rgb:255,0,0\| 10mm
Use \|none\| to skip creating a guide	\| 25% \|none\| 25% \| 25% \| 25% \|

Guides PowerScript for Adobe Illustrator

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Type in the column widths you want	10mm \| 95mm \| 10mm \| 95mm \| 10mm
Add \| to ends to add guides on the edge of the page	\| 10mm \| 95mm \| 10mm \| 95mm \| 10mm \|
Use auto to calculate the column width, this will create 3 columns, with 0.5cm gutters	0.5cm \| auto \| 0.5cm \| auto \| 0.5cm \| auto \| 0.5cm
Use multiplying groups to repeat columns, below anything between the brackets is duplicated 3 times	0.5cm \| 3x(\| auto \| 0.5cm )
Mix and match units - create 5 x 2 two inch wide columns with 0.1 inch gutters	\| 0.1" \| 5x(2inch \| 0.1 in \|)
Create fixed columns for Grids (turn on scale to width)	30x(\|0.5cm\|)
Use autox as an auto multiplier to automatically calculate the number of items that can fit	25mm \| autox(\|10mm\|) \| 25mm
4 columns page, with 0.5cm gutters and 10mm gutters on outside edges	10mm \| 3x(auto \| 0.5cm \|) \| auto \| 10mm
Use percents, divide the Artboard into 5 columns 20% wide	5x(\|20%\|)
Combine percentages with auto, 50% wide center column, then two 20% wide side columns	auto \| 50% \| auto \| 20% \| auto \| 20% \| auto
When creating lines (not guides) you can apply color Insert the color between two bars \|color\| as RGB:0,0,0 or CMYK:0,0,0,0	10mm \|rgb:255,0,0\| auto \|cmyk:100,0,100,0\| 10mm \|cmyk:100,0,100,0\| auto \|rgb:255,0,0\| 10mm
Use \|none\| to skip creating a guide	\| 25% \|none\| 25% \| 25% \| 25% \|

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