Illustrator Beta - Measuring Tool

[Hope Hennessey]

Hi All, it would be fantastic if the measuring tool gave measurements in inches/feet as well as points - in the large format graphic community we don't measure in points. I thought that changing the units in preferences would work but it didn't.

Please consider for future releases!

Best,

Hope

[kglad]

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[Bobby Henderson]

Are you able to visit the Adobe Prerelease forum for Illustrator? It's best to share feeback about tools or other features that are in the beta stage there.

https://forums.adobeprerelease.com/

[Hope Hennessey]

It wouldn't let me in there 😞

[Bobby Henderson]

That sounds strange. If you signed up to use a Beta product, such as Illustrator, you should see a tab on the Prerelease main page showing "My Programs," which would list any Beta applications you're using. Click on the "View Program" button to go to a given beta application's main page. That gives you access to downloads, discussions, etc.

[Hope Hennessey]

Got it - thanks Bobby!

[Met1]

What version are you using?

[Hope Hennessey]

The latest version, I just installed it last week

[Met1]

Must be a Beta thang, it works with whatever ruler measurement is selected for me (non-B, 17.5)...

[Ton Frederiks]

To give feedback in a beta, it is better to use one of the options in the upper right corner.

[Ellis Humphres · Accepted solution]

Hope, double click the tool itself to change to feet, inches, etc. 🙂

[Jo_Jo_T]

I'm trying to get the measurement tool to go less than 1 inches—example .5" or .125" but only goes all the way down to 1" and doesn't show any other measurements below that. I can't use centimeters because I'm required to only use inches in terms of measurements for my work. Is there a way around this?  

[Monika Gause]

Maybe you need to update? Does the precision menu not work for you?

https://youtu.be/-BnkGNtoSHk 

[sébastienl56140598]

Hi All, with the Illustrator beta we finally have the measuring tool: great!

But it's only for squares, rectangles, circles, and not for manual design shapes. And you also don't add perimetric and area measuring tool. It's a shame. Hope it will be with the next Illustrator version, but very quicly, please !!!

[Monika Gause]

Please post feature requests to https://illustrator.uservoice.com