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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
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      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)

      Larry G. Schneider
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      Larry G. SchneiderCommunity Expert
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      January 25, 2016

      I'm not sure what I am doing wrong here, but i get the pop up Please Create Cutter Swatch.

      I created a two black swatches named them Cutter and cutter

      I created a pallet and moved them in to that and name that cutter...

      I know i am doing something wrong.

      I put the .jsx file in the following folder

      /Applications/Adobe Illustrator CC 2015/Scripting.localized/Sample Scripts.localized/JavaScript/Swatches/PRODUCTION-AddDimensions.jsx

      thanks


      Try Applications/Adobe Illustrator/Presets/en_US/Scripts.Then restart AI and access the script from File>Scripts.

      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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