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We have done further updates to Dimension tool with recently released version - 28.3
You can create and use your custom scale for dimension, hide or show units on dimensions and dimensions are now sticky to the object - they transform as well when you transform the object.
An error occurred while saving the comment Phil, try to pick Dimension Tool, hold Opt/At and just click the object you want to add the bounding dimensions to — it should add some instantly.
Unfortunately, there is no way to customize the default offset of the dimension line... but there is a request to allow it you can upvote here: http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/47558036 (actually I already added you as a voter there, based on your comment).
Please comment back if this is what you wanted (or not!)An error occurred while saving the comment Marcin, to convert font in dimension objects to outline, you would have to expand them first, with Object > Expand Appearance command. Does it work for you?
An error occurred while saving the comment Allesandro, yes, the block that allows us to set preferred sides for Opt/Alt has vanished for the Dimension Tool Options dialog. I don’t know yet why.
You can use other units for font size, line weights, and actual measurements, if you pick them in Preferences, but not for offsets and extensions — this is a known problem that is going to be addressed further. Here is a bug report for you to upvote: http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/601447/suggestions/47558003
The default distance of the extension line is another known thing. I made it into a request as well: http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/47558036
As for the registration Swatch — do you mind making it into a separate request?
An error occurred while saving the comment Jörg, the team plans to add presets in later releases. So far the re is a simple enough workaround we can use for that, but I admit presets are must have.
An error occurred while saving the comment Bobby, not at the moment. CADtools offer this, AFAIK.
If it ever happens, I think it would require some votes.
So (same as with the other reply!) — can you request it in a new entry now and share a link here?An error occurred while saving the comment @Jody,
many third-parties come up with their own solutions, some of which can be used in CS5:— Hot Door CADtools: https://www.hotdoor.com/cadtools — CADdimensions specifically, but it’s not available as a separate product
— BPT-Pro: https://baby-universe.co.jp/en/plug-ins/cad/bpt-pro/ — one of the most powerful ones
— JLG Tools: http://jlg.outils.pagesperso-orange.fr/nouveautesus.html — both paid and free versions
— Specify: https://github.com/adamdehaven/specify
— Dimensions script by O2 Creative: https://www.o2creative.co.nz/Dimensions_PowerScript_Plugin_Extension_for_Adobe_Illustrator.php
— Dimensions script by Mars Premedia: https://www.marspremedia.com/software/illustrator/dimensions-illustrator
— Dynamic Measure by Astute Graphics: https://astutegraphics.com/learn/10minskills/measure-easier-in-illustrator — more a measuring tool
— Specees: https://specees.dazed.design/An error occurred while saving the comment 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.
An error occurred while saving the comment 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)An error occurred while saving the comment Alessandro, the advice Chris gave is for Acrobat, not Illustrator.
Thera are some scripts and plugins (like DynamicMeasure and CADDimensions) that can do that already.
Also, what do you mean by 'quotes and snap'?An error occurred while saving the comment Cool! I'd like to try your solution, Ivan. Is there a chance to test it out before buy?
An error occurred while saving the comment 'Butt shapes together' by setting key object (click it) and pressing 'Distribute space' buttons:
https://imgur.com/a/UgGPM
Or, still, you mean something different?
If it is exactly you were looking for, then I'm happy for you :) Keep learning and RTFMAn error occurred while saving the comment 'Butt shapes together' already exists in AI, if I got you right. It is called Distribute and located inside Align palette in expandable section. Or you mean other thing? Then please illustrate
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An error occurred while saving the comment I totally get it, I struggle from the same conflict — 'Screens' word pushes me away from even thinking about using it. I immediately think it’s going to compress it, optimize it, convert to RGB, resample to 72 ppi, ignore bleeds... everything I know 'screen people' don’t care about.
Perhaps I should make it a request, to alter the name, to make sure it’s not only meant for screens now...
But this very request, to be able to export PDFs as separate files for each artboards — using Export As! — is still very much valid. Upvoting it.An error occurred while saving the comment Illustrator allows this with Export for Screens dialog, not Export As.
This method treats artboards as assets, produces separate files, and the names of artboards are honored.
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An error occurred while saving the comment Yes, converting modern 3D to vector wireframes is very imprecise... The only workaround so far is to use Classic 3D instead, which does much better job. Voted!
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An error occurred while saving the comment Ah, got it now. You filed this request in the Desktop branch, not the iPad one. I am merging this with the existing one on the topic. Thanks!
An error occurred while saving the comment Sara, the video though gives a clear method how to do it, using Envelope Distort, both with presets and meshes, made from custom shapes... What is you request then, if this is something we can already do?
An error occurred while saving the comment Sara, can you please share some images to show what you mean exactly?
There are several things that can match your description and I want to be sure I’m getting the right one.An error occurred while saving the comment Ah, now I get it. This feature is called Envelope Distortion, and no, Charlie, at the moment there is no way to do the same on iPad version of Ai.
I am now trying to protect the iPad version, but as far as I know, the product was never advertised as a full replacement for the desktop app — because is surely is not, and many obvious tools are not there.
There is a general request to for this specific feature, a quite popular one:
https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/931888/suggestions/41619439
Do you mind me merging your request with it, to add your vote?AdminEgor Chistyakov
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An error occurred while saving the comment Charlie, can you provide some explanation on this?
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An error occurred while saving the comment My bad. These are not actual CHANGES, these are comments!
I guess you can Print with Content Summary these as a PDF, using Adobe PDF Printer, from the Options menu of the Comments panel in Acrobat.Comments is not considered as art, it’s just your client used them as a tool to convey the changes :)
Does it solve the problem for you?An error occurred while saving the comment Ah, this PDF was NOT produced by Illustrator in the first place, it’s made with InDesign, according to the code! Explains some things, but not others.
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An error occurred while saving the comment Rupert, this is strange, but for a different reason...
When a document 'saved' as a PDF from Illustrator, it gets two parts in it: a PDF part any app that understands PDFs can view (and edit, in the case of Acrobat and other editors), and the second part, in PGF format, the actual native format of Illustrator files. These look the same, but the PDF part is a basically exported, converted, expanded and flattened copy, as much as the chosen standard allows.
When Ai handles the 'saving', it just sync the PDF part to match the PGF layer... But Acrobat cares not, since it can edit only the PDF part.
But when changes are made by the external app into the PDF... Ai usually gives a message when a file like this is read back, "This file has been modified outside of Illustrator. Do you want to continue?" — but not for this file for some reason... Do you see one?Illustrator values the original native data over the external changes, and there is no easy way to make only some data to be swapped from the PDF into PGF — these changes can be anything, not only a text change... There is a way to force Ai to completely ignore the native PGF block, by removing it in Acrobat (Save as other, Optimized PDF, and uncheck all options but the 'Discard private data of other applications' in the Discard User Data section of the PDF Optimizer dialog).
But this, or writing a PDF without the 'Preserve Illustrator Editing Capabilities' option checked with your client will ruin the editability and the original structure of the .ai file read back, making it the same as importing a PDF, without backwards compatibility...I definitely understand the problem myself, but I don’t see a simple solution to this.
More to it, I don’t understand why the changes made by your client into the PDF are not rendered when I place it as a link into a new document! And I can’t bake these changes with the Optimize method above — the year is still visible in the imported document, with no rectangle on top of it.
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An error occurred while saving the comment Hmm. Pressing 'Export 3D object...' button at the bottom of the 3D & Materials panel (in the Object tab) should do the same thing automatically: it adds the currently selected object (and it should be selected) as an asset to the Asset Export panel and immediately open that panel.
Ian, what happens exactly when you try this approach? What does not happen?An error occurred while saving the comment Can’t confirm on Windows.
All formats works when Export Assets is used for me.
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An error occurred while saving the comment I wonder if it works any faster than it used to for you...
When I check it today, it’s almost instant, like it should, with no noticeable pause.
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Please accept my sincere apology for the inconvenience. Please get in touch with us at any of the other support channels – https://helpx.adobe.com/support.html . Since this is not a generic issue that we can reproduce at our end, we will need someone to look into your machine to figure out what is going on here.
An error occurred while saving the comment Not sure if it’s still an issue.
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An error occurred while saving the comment Hmm. Won’t happen for me on both the GA and Beta builds, on Windows... but these are not 28.7.3/4.
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An error occurred while saving the comment It’s probably Snap to Pixel got enabled.
This option is on when we create a document for screen intent, and you can see if it’s on or not in the View menu (search for Snap to Pixel command) or in the Control panel (sadly disabled by default) — it should have a small button on its right side.
Also check Snap to Grid option — it can have the same effect.
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An error occurred while saving the comment I work in print often also, and even worse so, I do it in metric scale, so 'mm' is what I prefer for all units, including type and stroke :)
Where is a way to do it in Illustrator.
You have to find the folder containing your document profiles. On Mac it’s somewhere here:
Macintosh HD ▸ Applications ▸ Adobe Illustrator 2022 ▸ Support Files ▸ New Document Profiles ▸ en_US (or the other language locale)
Open the Print.ai profile, make changes you want in Preferences for units (and also Paragraph styles, if you want to have your own custom default font), save it, and use it next time you create a new document.There are many nice articles about changing document profiles that can provide more details.
Start with this one: https://productivista.com/new-document-profiles-saves-your-default-settings/Also, don’t forget to backup the saved file, because Illustrator tends yo update these without a permission on update.
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An error occurred while saving the comment I remember upvoting this, and now I found it again, to answer the question at the Illustrator Beta forums: community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator-beta-ideas/artboards-discussion-feedback-for-jan-prerelease-webinar/idc-p/15109626
To quote myself, Ai is build upon PostSctipt, and it postulates 1 pixel equals 1 point. The resolution It’s hardcoded and won’t bulge.
I bet this change would be insanely complicated to pull off, although I really want it, because I often have to move artwork between different media...AdminEgor Chistyakov
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An error occurred while saving the comment Rex, do you still experience anything like this?
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An error occurred while saving the comment Oliver, you can switch units using 2 custom JS scripts, wrapped in an action, one per unit.
Put this into a .jsx file for inches:
app.preferences.setIntegerPreference("strokeUnits", 0);
and this one for points:
app.preferences.setIntegerPreference("strokeUnits", 2);This is a workaround, sure, but an effective one.
Please try it and comment back.As for the mockup you propose — it is rather confusing. I understand the intention behind it, but it looks like Ai is going to handle unites separately, and not combined with a values, which is not cool at at all — no math, no live conversion, a step back. And as a solution it’s not much faster than the current method — 2 clicks compared to 5 clicks we have today (plus some aiming).
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An error occurred while saving the comment This is because Ai doesn’t provide an ability to assign different units PER artboard. But it allows to set one for the whole document, in File > Document Setup (Cmd/Ctrl + Opt/Alt + P).
So is your request about individual units per artboard, or just a shortcut to the document’s units form the Artboard Options dialog?
It’d be hard to do, I bet... but simple at the same time :)
I understand the problem! I often need to grab an Eyedropper when editing text, and 'I' is obviously can’t be used, I have to click the tool... I wrote a small script to pick the tool and bound it to Alt+I with an external app, to be able to call it — not the most graceful solution. If you want Ai to allow this hotkey natively, please upvote this request: http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/44084862
But back to this one... Cmd/Ctrl is hardcoded to ALWAYS temporarily toggle the current tool to a Selection tool, even when working with text. And adding the Backquote key (the one with ` and ~ on it, if you are using US or similar layout) will toggle this tool mode between Selection and Direct Selection. Once you release Cmd/Ctrl — the tool falls back to the one you have used previously.
So you CAN use all selection tools while working with text (I must add the adding Opt/Alt for Direct Selection one makes it into the Group Selection also).
Anyway, Cmd/Ctrl+V and Cmd/Ctrl+A are used for Paste and Select All. Almost all of the Cmd/Ctrl keys are already in use! :)