🚀 go-pugleaf

This version expects you to manually select a bunch of graphic boxes and then run the script:



if (app.documents.length > 0){ 
  var myDocument = app.activeDocument; 
  var myViewPreferences = myDocument.viewPreferences; 
  var myOldXUnits = myViewPreferences.horizontalMeasurementUnits; 
  var myOldYUnits = myViewPreferences.verticalMeasurementUnits; 
  var myOldRulerOrigin = myViewPreferences.rulerOrigin; 
  myDocument.viewPreferences.horizontalMeasurementUnits = MeasurementUnits.points; 
  myDocument.viewPreferences.verticalMeasurementUnits = MeasurementUnits.points;

   if (app.selection.length != 0){ 
      myList = app.selection; 
      for (var i = 0; i < myList.length; i++){ 
         var myBox = app.selection[i]; 
         if (myBox.constructor.name == "TextFrame" || myBox.constructor.name == "Rectangle"){ 
         myExpand(myBox); 
         } 
      else 
         alert("The script stopped running because a non-recrangle was selected."); 
        } 
    } 
   app.activeDocument.viewPreferences.horizontalMeasurementUnits = myOldXUnits; 
   app.activeDocument.viewPreferences.verticalMeasurementUnits = myOldYUnits; 
   app.activeDocument.viewPreferences.rulerOrigin = myOldRulerOrigin; 
   }

function myExpand(myBox) { 
  var myBounds = myBox.geometricBounds; 
  myBox.geometricBounds = [myBounds[0] - 4.5, myBounds[1] - 4.5, myBounds[2] + 4.5, myBounds[3] + 4.5]; 
  } //end function myExpand