Workflows that need large canvas / artboard

I can not change in maximum artboard size, If I change above 227 but how I can ????

Almost 5yrs later and still not implimented.  Increasing or unlimiting the artboard size would be a great help.  Has there been any development on this issue or any plans made to incorporate ina future release yet?

I run a sign business, I need full size...  working at scale is a pain, and introduces an opportunity for error that is unnecessary.  

Hi Rama, we design a lot of large format signs e.g. Channel Letters, Directory Boards, Pylon Signs etc. We prefer to design at scale. However, many of our signage exceeds Illustrator's artboard size and forces us to use scaling. It creates an extra step each time in verification of the scaling, especially when we have to take the file to other proceses other processes in the workflow (e.g. to CNC routing); we have to cut the section of the artwork and scale to size over several files for the router if done in Illustrator or we have to rescale in the dedicated router design software. It greatly adds to the time.  

The artboard size constraint is one of the major gripes over the years since transitioning from Macromedia Freehand. Macromedia Freehand (prior to Adobe's acquistion of Macromedia) was our preferred vector drawing software applicaiton and I can't recall that having a artboard size limitation. 

I am working on a mural and would be much easier if I could work to size.  the wall is 30ft wide (360 inches). I need to create a grid so should this mural be moved (its interior relief art that covers a wall) I can give them a print out of this grid so they can put it back together.  It would also be easier for me to get my grid layout equally spaced.  Are there any options in the creative suite that would allow for this size width?

It's 2020 and it seems that this is still an issue! I am in the film industry - it would be awesome to use Illustrator for creating some credit sequence assets, but the limitation of the document canvas (NOT the artboard) seems unnecessarily restrictive!

I work with both billboards and murals, for most instances working with scaled artboards are ok but if there was a possibility to work 1:1 that would be much preferred as integration with psd's and other types of artwork sometimes adds a lot of extra work...

577.955 X 577.955 cm

We're a textile company and we have templates that we use to place artwork and then print that template once it goes into production. It is about 260" wide and does not fit into the space of 227" x 227". If I scale it down and then once it get to my Production team, they'd have to rescale it on their own. This leaves room for error and possibly wasting materials. If I am unable to expand the canvas size and we want to reduce risk of error, we have to change the way we produce our product...which again can lead to errors and wasted materials. So for me, being the one that creates the production files, it would be easier for me to work in full size rather than scaling down. 

Working at actual size would be an amazing option to have! Also, the limit to a 1 inch bleed within Illustrator is frustrating. This should be malleable as well.