We're excited to announce that Adobe Illustrator's latest update (version 28.1) is now available for download via Creative Cloud Desktop. This release offers a range of new features, including the ability to Measure and plot dimensions effortlessly using the Dimension Tool (Beta), mark reviewers' comments as unread, allowing you to return to them quickly at a later time in Share for Review, and enhancements inspired by your feedback including the ability to Add prefixes to asset names during export for better file management, Unembed multiple images at once, Delete linked and embedded objects with ease, Save object selection for future use, and use A5 preset for creating documents, as well as general performance improvements and bug fixes.
You may also visit the links to access comprehensive lists of all the features and bug fixes available.
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Dimension Tool
Utilize the Dimension tool to easily measure and plot/show dimensions like distances, angles, and radii in your artwork. Customize settings for the dimensions you plot and easily modify their position. To view your design without the plotted dimensions, hide them at once. Learn more about the Dimension Tool today!
Revisit Reviewer's comments
The "Share for review" feature now enables you to designate reviewers' comments as unread, making it convenient to revisit them at a later time. Learn more about how to organize your feedback comments.
Explore enhancements inspired by your feedback
We are dedicated to ongoing improvement to cater to your evolving needs, and we've incorporated enhancements to Illustrator in response to your feedback for the December release. Some of them include:
Add prefixes to asset names during export
No need to manually add numbers as prefixes to artboard and asset names post-export for proper folder ordering. Illustrator now allows you to include artboard numbers, ascending numbers, or custom text as prefixes during the export process. Learn more about how to add prefixes to artboard and asset names.
Unembed multiple images at once
You will now have the capability to convert numerous embedded images within your artwork into linked images and position them collectively in a single folder simultaneously. Learn more about how to unembed images.
Delete linked and embedded objects with ease
Now, you have the option to remove linked and embedded objects from your artwork by utilizing the "Delete Link" button located in the Links panel.
Save object selection for future use
Using the Save Selection feature, you can select multiple objects and save the selection for future use. This saved selection allows you to collectively move the objects or modify their appearance, similar to working with a grouped object. Unlike grouping, Save Selection selects the objects without bringing them/moving them all to the same layer. Learn more about how to save and update a selection.
Use A5 preset for creating documents
You can now use the A5 preset in the Print preset section to create documents.
Fixed Issues
Our team has tried to fix some issues with Illustrator 28.1, including:
Waking MacBook Pro from sleep causes the Illustrator window to resize to half screen and panels to be moved. (UserVoice)
Composite fonts result in blank PDF data in Illustrator files created with Create PDF Compatible File enabled. (UserVoice)
We would love to hear your feedback on the improvements in the UserVoice.
SeeWhat's Newfor more information on the latest features.To help us have focused discussions, create separate posts for feedback on features related to this update.
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Yes, I'm using the middle eastern version and this was the first thing I looked for (checking if my text is set to right to left or left to right) my language is set to english while I'm using the dimension tool and I don't see where I can change the dimension tool text direction.
The Dimension tool is great, but it boggles my mind that it's a one-shot deal, and that once you've plotted a dimension, there's no way to adjust it and have the dimension text update to reflect the new measurment. It seems obvious to me that would be one of the most basic use cases: plot a dimension, then adjust a dimension, not merely scale the whole thing.
Thank you for sharing your feedback on the Dimension tool. Your input is valuable, and it's understandable that the ability to adjust dimensions after plotting them would be a useful feature.
To ensure that your feedback reaches the Illustrator product team and is considered for future updates, I recommend submitting your suggestion directly on our UserVoice platform. The team actively reviews UserVoice for feature requests and user feedback. You can submit your request to an existing one using the following link: https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657-illustrator-desktop-feature-requests/suggestions/319....
Your contribution helps in shaping the direction of Illustrator, and the team appreciates your insights.
If you have any more feedback or questions, feel free to let me know!
This tool is really nice. I use it to make sign panel. But sometimes I have to manually edit dimensions like edit from 9mm to 10mm to be more convenient for me. Is it possible to manually edit the dimension displayed ?
Great Addition! One setp closer to retiring Hot Door CADTools (for my limited purposes).
It would be nice if I could change the offset of the "dimension" line AFTER the fact. All I can see is that appears to be set when I first pull the dimension from the object being measured? I might be missing something (and I cannot find a way to select it after it is drawn).
Also I notice on both my Macs, that selecting the dimension tool knocks out all my 3rd party Astute Graphics toolbar icons? Have to restart AI to get them to reappear.
Itz great to see that Adobe has finally introduced this much needed tool (Dimension Tool) to Illustrator but I have noted that it lacks a major feature of measuring the circumference of a circle... I hope that the developers team will try to work on it and come up with it in the next update of the software... Thanks.
It would be practical if you could select the name beforehand, because various scripts and plugins with a similar function already use this name. In addition, different dimension layers are sometimes necessary.
After manual renaming, a new "Dimensions" layer is created.
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