priint:comet - Process diagrams in Illustrator® automatically
The priint:comet Illustrator® plugin has previously been introduced in our blog. Now we'll take a look at working with diagrams and technical drawings in the database publishing environment.
We have extended the scope of the Illustrator® plugin for our customer, WAGO, to automate the generation and updating of diagrams and technical drawings, thus significantly simplifying the entire production process.
An Illustrator® drawing is created by a graphic designer. The dimensions are linked to priint:comet placeholders and the product information. With just a few mouse clicks, different versions of the technical drawing can then be generated automatically. In our example, the number of clamping points for current conductors.
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This procedure can also be used for several data sets in parallel. Therefore, a large number of variants of the diagram files are created automatically in a single batch operation.
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This additional functionality is provided by the priint:comet Illustrator® Plugin. The priint:comet Illustrator® plugin is part of the priint:suite and can be linked to all common PIM and content systems. The user then has access to the data of the linked content systems. The priint:comet Illustrator® plugin can also be operated as a "stand alone", in which case a simple XML file is sufficient to automate Illustrator®.