artboard.applescript

tell application "Adobe Illustrator"
  tell document 1
       log visible bounds as list
       log count of artboards
       log artboard rectangle of artboard 1 as list

       set x_pos to {1, 2, 3}
       set y_pos to reverse of {1, 2, 3, 4}

       set w to width
       set h to height

       set y to 4
       repeat while y > 0
       	   set x to 1
       	   repeat while x <= 3
	      -- log { x, y }
	      set art_rect to { w * (x - 1), h * y, w * x, h * (y - 1) }
	      -- log art_rect
	      set n to "artboard_" & (x as integer) & "_" & (y as integer)
	      -- log n
              -- set ab to make new artboard with properties { artboard rectangle: art_rect }
	      -- log ab
	      -- set name of ab to n
	      set x to x + 1
	   end repeat
	   set y to y - 1
       end repeat
       set artboards_count to count of artboards
       set c to 1       
       -- delete artboard 1
       repeat while c <= artboards_count 
       	      log index of artboard c as text
	      log artboard rectangle of artboard c as text
	      set n to name of artboard c
	      log n as text
       	      set c to c + 1
       end repeat

       log count of artboards
   end tell
end tell