well, this is just a start, it needs a lot of work, as I see, but it works, and its what we wanted, for a long long time.

the next is scaled artboards, it's that right? that would be great for big dimension designs.

The creation of a layer for the dimension is great, but the dimension should have its own option panel, where we can change the scale, style, units and other options of the dimension too.

But if can give what we can see in the beta, that's a huge time saver, I do exactly what you created, but with graphic styles, and I have to write every one of the dimensions.

1. Need the ablity to set colors as spot colors. system picker colors are useless in files for print production.
2. would like to see a modifier key to auto measure lenght and width without selected objects needing to be in a group to recognize as an object.
3. would like to be able to change global settings and it changes all existing measure styles. example... if if modify the line width in the settings, all places that have measurements are changed without having to go to each object and modify each object.
4. want the ability to have text follow line or always show horizontal. (for readability) .. basically 2 styles of the way text reads.
5. would like a tool to measure distance between two objects selected.. (measure gap)
6. ablity to set arrow style, end cap style even line style.
7. want option to have text on the line and it puts a box under the text to cut the line out from under it.
8. Ablitity to set custom configured line styles. so we can pick the type of dimension line we want.. we might need a black line for one object, a green for another and a red for a third.. this would save so much time.
This is a start. So far it looks great.

Hi, I think it would be useful to make the generated dimension as a shape and then expand it as needed

Thanks ADOBE!! finally we have dimensions built into Ilustrator. I tried it out in BETA and it works well.

The only thing we need now is for the dimensions to update when you resize the shapes.

About your answer to me, Egor

WOW! Thanks for your example. Indeed, if you know this way to do it, it is not necessary to use an additional tool.

Poor first attempt, not very adaptive and needs eventually be a click and drag type arrangement. We need the ability to move these dimensions away from the object, choose arrow heads and stroke weight etc. I can't even get it to measure in mm only pts
Have you guys never seen a copy of ...dare I say it...CorelDraw?

Richard, to me personally this center lines thing feels like it’s beyond the arsenal of the tool... If I needed something like this, I’d use graphics styles and just one line. Please check the file attached.

With dimension commands, a function to provide center lines would be very useful. Here's a simple possible approach to creating a command based on an existing function in the software. We could use the dashed line command for this. Only the length of the center cross and the space (equal) on both sides and the overshoot of the circle would need to be configured. I tested this using calculations in Excel and it seems to work well (see the attached drawing, note the result with a circle that's too small).

It is great to see this feature coming to Illustrator. As Richard already pointed out it would be helpful, to be able to place the dimensions manually once I clicked either a path or clicked two points.
1) define what gets measured
2) position the measurement
3) if the user likes it placed according to the preferences a double-click could do

Thanks!

I think it's reasonable to use the "Arrows" function in "Strokes" to choose your arrowhead. However, it should be possible to reuse the document while retaining the arrowhead, even if you're using another computer without the library, after adding your arrowhead to the library. It's a bit like what is possible to do with styles.
I'm looking forward to testing the arrowhead selection in the tool.

Richard, thanks, these are exactly what I expected to see.
And the text below the line is a known bug, will be fixed (and allowed to be customized, I hope)

Great news. Very happy to see this is finally being implemented.

Being able to set the scale (and accuracy) is critical for my workflow though, so I won't make the switch from my current script just yet. But otherwise it seems to work great.

So where's the Beta section of the CCD application? Can't find it via search......any help please?
Update page states I'm up to date?????

When dimensioning, there is no space provided when pulling the dimension line. When two points are found, there should be an option to pull the dimension line.

Firstly ... Hall-e-lujah ! Had a quick look, early days clearly. Will need click and drag extensions so that chain dimensions are possible. + Radius, OD, centres. True length can be obtained in Object info but would fit here too please.

Illustrator is a graphic software. It is important to maintain complete control over all graphic aspects and the arrow is essential. Ideally, we should be able to create our own arrow using the symbols function instead of the arrow function in the stroke (adding arrows in the system is too complicated for an average user). The text should be placed above the dimension line.

Thanks so much!
Even in the first beta it's very useful and saves extra steps over what I'd been doing before. The ability to assign preset dimensioning "styles" (units, stroke value, arrowhead/text size, etc.) and add them to a dimension presets library would be very nice. Thanks so much for this feature/tool! I can't wait to see how it develops from here!

Nice feature but could do with a few tweaks...
1. Option to select how many decimal places the dimension displays.
2. Each completed should generate already grouped.
3. Dimension tool for measure angles.
4. Annotation tool

One extra useful addition - remove the artboard size cap.
This means we can draw artwork at full size scale with dimension shown etc instead of having to save at a percentage scale.

@jean-michel-le-goff
Bizarre, je suis en France et j'ai bien eu accès à la Beta 27.7 dès hier...

@Jean-Michel Le Goff in CCD Updates section there is a button check for updates or it will give you update in 24 hours.