Illustrator dimensioning tools with unlimited canvas

[sparkyjohnson]

Does the current non beta version of Illustrator FINALLY have the ability to have dimensioning tools (architectural style) while offering unlimited canvas sizing (not limited to 227.54 inches) ?

[Larry G. Schneider]

The long answer is not yet. They were discussing it a couple of years ago but no progress has been reported.

[Disposition_Dev]

Dang, Larry. You keep beating me to the punch today. haha.

[Disposition_Dev · Accepted solution]

Nope. As of now, the drawing area is still limited.. And I'm not 100% sure what you mean by dimensioning tools, but I assume you mean something where you draw a line/shape/rectangle or whatever and you automatically get the dimensions of the shape labeled like this: 

If this is the case, I'm not aware of any native illustrator tools for doing this. I have heard people discuss how to achieve this effect on the scripting forum, but I don't know what the resolution was or whether somebody figured out how to do it.

As to the drawing area limitation.. it should be quite easy to just do your drawings at scale. use CM or MM in place of inches (depending on your needs). Since you'll likely be creating vector artwork, you needn't worry about the effects of scaling something up later.

But.. if your goal is to make architectural drawings.. you're much better off using a software designed for that purpose, IMO.