This program will convert an .ai file to a text-based.path file.

This project was developed on Visual Studio 2017. You (probably) don't need to compile the project, just copy all three .aip files to

"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator CC 2018\Plug-ins"

The first step is to create a 500x500 document, and make sure the color mode is RGB.

You then draw a shape, make sure it's name is "boundary" or the shape will be ignored by the plugin. The plugin doesn't care about the layer name.

The plugin does not support splines, it only reads the anchor points, so the shapes must be sampled.

You can add a stroke color and a fill color but make sure the colors are RGB.

Press "Convert to Text File" to generate a .path file

Done!

A .path file is just a text file containing polygonal paths, if you are interested in the format, you can read ".../code/EmptyPanel/Source/PathIO.cpp"

You don't need to use Rename2Control.aip, it's for another research project.