Duplicate artboard with script Illustrator CC

Question

I tried to create an action to automate "duplicate artboard" in Illustrator CC but it was not possible. I would like to know if there is any script to do this.

Thanks

Answer 1

Yea the problem is, it's not a recordable action, and while it appears simple on the surface, there's apparently a lot to duplicating an artboard. But, you can augment the code with your needs. This snippet will make a new artboard and use copy/paste to put the items on the new artboard. If the new artboard happens to be off the side of the pasteboard, that's a code edit. If you happen to have 1000 artboards already and adding the next one throws an error or causes a crash, that's a code edit. If you have a problem with how it trashes your existing selection, or clipboard, you better believe that's a code edit!

But here is my simple sample!

#target illustrator
function test(){
    var doc = app.activeDocument;
    var thisBoardIndex = doc.artboards.getActiveArtboardIndex();
    var thisBoard = doc.artboards[thisBoardIndex];
    var thisRect = thisBoard.artboardRect;
    var lastBoard = doc.artboards[doc.artboards.length - 1];
    var lastRect = lastBoard.artboardRect;
    doc.selectObjectsOnActiveArtboard();
    app.copy();
    var newBoard = doc.artboards.add(thisRect);
    var offsetH = 20;
    newBoard.artboardRect = [
        lastRect[2] + offsetH,
        lastRect[1],
        lastRect[2] + offsetH + (thisRect[2] - thisRect[0]),
        lastRect[3]
    ];
    newBoard.name = thisBoard.name + " copy";
    app.executeMenuCommand("pasteFront");
    doc.selection = null;
};
test();

Answer 2

For Coping the layer as crazy as it is that one is a recordable action so you could use that to copy the layer then run the action as a batch on the needed folder.