Created the VectorIconSetupModal, a quick way to get portraits aligned to a container.

app/lib/sprites/SpriteParser.coffee

@@ -40,12 +40,17 @@ module.exports = class SpriteParser
     if movieClips.length
       # First movie clip is root, so do it last
       movieClips = movieClips[1 ... movieClips.length].concat([movieClips[0]])
-    else if containers.length
-      # First container is root, so do it last
-      containers = containers[1 ... containers.length].concat([containers[0]])
+    
+    # first container isn't necessarily root... actually the last one is root in blue-cart
+#    else if containers.length
+#      # First container is root, so do it last
+#      containers = containers[1 ... containers.length].concat([containers[0]])
     mainClip = _.last(movieClips) ? _.last(containers)
     @animationName = mainClip.name
-    for container in containers
+    for container, index in containers
+      if index is containers.length - 1 and not movieClips.length and container.bounds?.length
+        container.bounds[0] -= @width / 2
+        container.bounds[1] -= @height / 2
       [shapeKeys, localShapes] = @getShapesFromBlock container, source
       localContainers = @getContainersFromMovieClip container, source
       addChildArgs = @getAddChildCallArguments container, source
@@ -62,6 +67,7 @@ module.exports = class SpriteParser
           if c.bn is bn
             instructions.push {t: c.t, gn: c.gn}
             break
+      continue unless container.bounds and instructions.length
       @addContainer {c: instructions, b: container.bounds}, container.name
     for movieClip, index in movieClips
       if index is 0

app/models/ThangType.coffee

@@ -240,7 +240,6 @@ module.exports = class ThangType extends CocoModel
     return if _.isString spriteSheet
     return unless spriteSheet
     canvas = $("<canvas width='#{size}' height='#{size}'></canvas>")
-    console.log 'made canvas', canvas, 'with size', size unless canvas[0]
     stage = new createjs.Stage(canvas[0])
     sprite = new createjs.Sprite(spriteSheet)
     pt = @actions.portrait?.positions?.registration
@@ -261,6 +260,29 @@ module.exports = class ThangType extends CocoModel
       createjs.Ticker.removeEventListener 'tick', @tick
       @tick = null
     stage
+    
+  getVectorPortraitStage: (size=100) ->
+    return unless @actions
+    canvas = $("<canvas width='#{size}' height='#{size}'></canvas>")
+    stage = new createjs.Stage(canvas[0])
+    portrait = @actions.portrait
+    return unless portrait and (portrait.animation or portrait.container)
+    scale = portrait.scale or 1
+
+    vectorParser = new SpriteBuilder(@, {})
+    if portrait.animation
+      sprite = vectorParser.buildMovieClip portrait.animation
+      sprite.gotoAndStop(0)
+    else if portrait.container
+      sprite = vectorParser.buildContainerFromStore(portrait.container)
+
+    pt = portrait.positions?.registration
+    sprite.regX = pt?.x or 0
+    sprite.regY = pt?.y or 0
+    sprite.scaleX = sprite.scaleY = scale * size / 100
+    stage.addChild(sprite)
+    stage.update()
+    stage
 
   uploadGenericPortrait: (callback, src) ->
     src ?= @getPortraitSource()

app/schemas/models/thang_type.coffee

@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ _.extend ThangTypeSchema.properties,
   positions: PositionsSchema
   raster: {type: 'string', format: 'image-file', title: 'Raster Image'}
   rasterIcon: { type: 'string', format: 'image-file', title: 'Raster Image Icon' }
+  containerIcon: { type: 'string' }
   featureImage: { type: 'string', format: 'image-file', title: 'Feature Image' }
   colorGroups: c.object
     title: 'Color Groups'

app/styles/editor/thang/vector-icon-setup-modal.sass

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#vector-icon-setup-modal
+  select
+    margin-bottom: 20px
+  
+  canvas
+    background: lightblue
+    border: 3px solid black
+    margin: 20px auto
+    display: block

app/templates/editor/thang/thang-type-edit-view.jade

@@ -81,12 +81,15 @@ block outer_content
         div#settings-col.well
           img#portrait.img-thumbnail
           div.file-controls
-            button(disabled=authorized === true ? undefined : "true").btn.btn-small.btn-info#upload-button
+            button(disabled=authorized === true ? undefined : "true").btn.btn-sm.btn-info#upload-button
               span.glyphicon.glyphicon-upload
               span.spl Upload Animation
-            button(disabled=authorized === true ? undefined : "true").btn.btn-small.btn-danger#clear-button
+            button(disabled=authorized === true ? undefined : "true").btn.btn-sm.btn-danger#clear-button
               span.glyphicon.glyphicon-remove
               span.spl Clear Data
+            button#set-vector-icon(disabled=authorized === true ? undefined : "true").btn.btn-sm
+              span.glyphicon.glyphicon-gbp
+              span.spl Vector Icon Setup
             input#real-upload-button(type="file")
           #thang-type-file-size= fileSizeString
           div#thang-type-treema

app/templates/editor/thang/vector-icon-setup-modal.jade

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+extends /templates/modal/modal_base
+
+block modal-header-content
+  h3 Choose Container for Vector Icon
+
+block modal-body-content
+  if chosenContainer
+    form.form
+      .form-group
+        select#container-select.form-control
+          for container in containers
+            option(value=container, selected=container === chosenContainer)= container
+      
+    canvas(width=demoSize height=demoSize)#resulting-icon
+  
+    .alert.alert-info Arrow keys to move, Shift-Plus/Minus to scale.
+  else
+    div forgetting something?
+
+block modal-footer-content
+  button.btn.pull-left.btn-info#center
+    span.glyphicon.glyphicon-cutlery
+    span.spl Center
+  button.btn.btn-primary#done-button Done

app/views/editor/thang/ThangTypeEditView.coffee

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ ThangTypeVersionsModal = require './ThangTypeVersionsModal'
 ThangTypeColorsTabView = require './ThangTypeColorsTabView'
 PatchesView = require 'views/editor/PatchesView'
 ForkModal = require 'views/editor/ForkModal'
+VectorIconSetupModal = require 'views/editor/thang/VectorIconSetupModal'
 SaveVersionModal = require 'views/modal/SaveVersionModal'
 template = require 'templates/editor/thang/thang-type-edit-view'
 storage = require 'lib/storage'
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ module.exports = class ThangTypeEditView extends RootView
   events:
     'click #clear-button': 'clearRawData'
     'click #upload-button': -> @$el.find('input#real-upload-button').click()
+    'click #set-vector-icon': 'onClickSetVectorIcon'
     'change #real-upload-button': 'animationFileChosen'
     'change #animations-select': 'showAnimation'
     'click #marker-button': 'toggleDots'
@@ -47,6 +49,12 @@ module.exports = class ThangTypeEditView extends RootView
     'keyup .play-with-level-input': 'onPlayLevelKeyUp'
     'click #pop-level-i18n-button': 'onPopulateLevelI18N'
 
+
+  onClickSetVectorIcon: ->
+    modal = new VectorIconSetupModal({}, @thangType)
+    @openModalView modal
+    modal.once 'done', => @treema.set('/', @getThangData())
+
   subscriptions:
     'editor:thang-type-color-groups-changed': 'onColorGroupsChanged'
     'editor:save-new-version': 'saveNewThangType'
@@ -234,7 +242,7 @@ module.exports = class ThangTypeEditView extends RootView
   # animation select
 
   refreshAnimation: =>
-    @thangType.buildActions()
+    @thangType.resetSpriteSheetCache()
     return @showRasterImage() if @thangType.get('raster')
     options = @getLankOptions()
     console.log 'refresh animation....'

app/views/editor/thang/VectorIconSetupModal.coffee

@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+ModalView = require 'views/kinds/ModalView'
+template = require 'templates/editor/thang/vector-icon-setup-modal'
+
+module.exports = class VectorIconSetupModal extends ModalView
+  id: "vector-icon-setup-modal"
+  template: template
+  demoSize: 400
+  plain: true
+
+  events:
+    'change #container-select': 'onChangeContainer'
+    'click #center': 'onClickCenter'
+    'click #zero-bounds': 'onClickZeroBounds'
+    'click #done-button': 'onClickDone'
+    
+  shortcuts:
+    'shift+-': -> @incrScale(-0.02)
+    'shift+=': -> @incrScale(0.02)
+    'up': -> @incrRegY(1)
+    'down': -> @incrRegY(-1)
+    'left': -> @incrRegX(1)
+    'right': -> @incrRegX(-1)
+
+  constructor: (options, @thangType) ->
+    portrait = @thangType.get('actions')?.portrait
+    @containers = _.keys(@thangType.get('raw')?.containers or {})
+    @container = portrait?.container or _.last @containers
+    @scale = portrait?.scale or 1
+    @regX = portrait?.positions?.registration?.x or 0
+    @regY = portrait?.positions?.registration?.y or 0
+    @saveChanges()
+    super(options)
+
+  saveChanges: ->
+    actions = _.cloneDeep (@thangType.get('actions') ? {})
+    actions.portrait ?= {}
+    actions.portrait.scale = @scale
+    actions.portrait.positions ?= {}
+    actions.portrait.positions.registration = { x: @regX, y: @regY }
+    actions.portrait.container = @container
+    @thangType.set('actions', actions)
+    @thangType.buildActions()
+    
+  getRenderData: -> 
+    c = super()
+    c.containers = @containers
+    c.chosenContainer = @container
+    c.demoSize = @demoSize
+    c
+    
+  afterRender: ->
+    @initStage()
+    super()
+    
+  initStage: ->
+    return unless @containers and @container
+    @stage = @thangType.getVectorPortraitStage(@demoSize)
+    @sprite = @stage.children[0]
+    canvas = $(@stage.canvas)
+    canvas.attr('id', 'resulting-icon')
+    @$el.find('#resulting-icon').replaceWith(canvas)
+    @updateSpriteProperties()
+
+  onChangeContainer: (e) ->
+    @container = $(e.target).val()
+    @saveChanges()
+    @initStage()
+    
+  refreshSprite: ->
+    return unless @stage
+    stage = @thangType.getVectorPortraitStage(@demoSize)
+    @stage.removeAllChildren()
+    @stage.addChild(@sprite = stage.children[0])
+    @updateSpriteProperties()
+    @stage.update()
+
+  updateSpriteProperties: ->
+    @sprite.scaleX = @sprite.scaleY = @scale * @demoSize / 100
+    @sprite.regX = @regX
+    @sprite.regY = @regY
+    console.log 'set to', @scale, @regX, @regY
+
+  onClickCenter: ->
+    containerInfo = @thangType.get('raw').containers[@container]
+    b = containerInfo.b
+    @regX = b[0]
+    @regY = b[1]
+    maxDimension = Math.max(b[2], b[3])
+    @scale = 100 / maxDimension
+    if b[2] > b[3]
+      @regY += (b[3] - b[2]) / 2
+    else
+      @regX += (b[2] - b[3]) / 2
+    @updateSpriteProperties()
+    @stage.update()
+
+  incrScale: (amount) ->
+    @scale += amount
+    @updateSpriteProperties()
+    @stage.update()
+    
+  incrRegX: (amount) ->
+    @regX += amount
+    @updateSpriteProperties()
+    @stage.update()
+
+  incrRegY: (amount) ->
+    @regY += amount
+    @updateSpriteProperties()
+    @stage.update()
+    
+  onClickDone: ->
+    @saveChanges()
+    @trigger 'done'
+    @hide()