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Divine_athlete50B6
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December 3, 2013
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Dimension Lines

  • December 3, 2013
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Does Illustrator have a tool to quickly put measurements on a drawing so my customer can get an idea of how large there sign is?

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    Correct answer Monika Gause

    Long answer: no.

    There are some workarounds, like using scripts.

    And there are plug-ins:

    CADtools

    VectorScribe

    Both can do dimension lines, even in scale.

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    ASIGraphics7
    Participant
    February 3, 2015

    Has anyone tried Doug Habbens' plugin mentioned above?

    The Worker 72a Dimensions plugin.

    Would love to hear feedback on this.

    Thanks !

    Doug Habben
    Doug Habben
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    May 18, 2014

    I cooked up a Mac version plug-in that adds dimensions for selected art in inches, cm or mm. If you'd like to try out a beta version, drop me a line at info(at)worker72a.com.

    Mike_Gondek10189183
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    Mike_Gondek10189183Community Expert
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    December 3, 2013

    Try clicking on the ? item above (a workaround to allow downloading scripts), and then change the .jpg to .jsx for a script.

      Kurt Gold
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      Kurt GoldCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      December 3, 2013

      I'm not sure if that is a reliable workaround to provide .jsx files, Mike.

      At least I don't see the ? item you mentioned and when I click the link above nothing happens.

      (Using the latest version of Firefox)

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      W_J_T
      Inspiring
      December 5, 2013

      On safari mac the link shows. if your browser does not show here si the location.

      Hope noone at Adobe objects to providing file links this way.


      As an alternative download link this seems to be the same script, as well it appears to be the same version when I compared the files.

      http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm?event=extensionDetail&loc=en_us&extid=1676020

      Monika Gause
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      Monika GauseCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
      Community Expert
      December 3, 2013

      Long answer: no.

      There are some workarounds, like using scripts.

      And there are plug-ins:

      CADtools

      VectorScribe

      Both can do dimension lines, even in scale.

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        Divine_athlete50B6Author
        Participant
        December 4, 2013

        Thanks Monica,

        I'm running a trial version of VectorScribe right now and love it. Thanks for the help.

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