Create a dieline and bleed for irregular shapes (v11.0)
When you create bleed for irregular shapes you will usually have a dieline or a similar object that defines the border of the shape that requires bleed.
However, if that is missing you may want to create such a dieline on the fly and you can use pdfToolbox' shapes technology for that. The attached Process Plan adds a dieline to the outer border of the shape generated from the combined objects on a page and adds bleed to it. The dieline is created as a spot color (Dieline) on a layer (Dieline) and the layer is associated with Processing Steps metadata (Structural:Cutting).
You can use the Process Plan with any PDF and any shape, but you may as well use this one.
Original
![](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/002/861/915/original/92b37001-e1ea-44b5-ae75-b52a0c950fdb.png)
Result (Dieline has been colord pink)
![](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/002/861/912/original/e181f9bc-4505-42e0-a521-aece4e7527bc.png)
In this article you can read what you can do when the shape has gaps.
You can watch how to 'create a dieline and bleed for irregular shapes in case its missing' in the video below: