<div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417192045313_5457">True, AI does not have a dimensioning tool, at least not in the sense of AutoCAD, ProE, or similar applications.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417192045313_5456" dir="ltr">But, you can manually create dimensions on your illustrator objects.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417192045313_5455" dir="ltr">Take a look at this video <a id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417192045313_5950" href="https://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play;_ylt=A2KLqITdoXhUpggAzyz7w8QF;_ylu=X3oDMTBzM3UzbjRzBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDdmlkBHZ0aWQDBGdwb3MDMTA-?p=dimensioning+with+adobe+illustrator&vid=647a3001d42a0728b08befc721d582b4&l=1%3A21&turl=http%3A%2F%2Fts4.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DVN.608010766394131067%26pid%3D15.1&rurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DF1Rcm3JtUR4&tit=Size+Measurements+in+%3Cb%3EAdobe+Illustrator%3C%2Fb%3E&c=9&sigr=11bo7k4sb&sigt=11d03ug6q&age=0&fr2=p%3As%2Cv%3Av%2Cm%3Asa&&tt=b">https://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play;_ylt=A2KLqITdoXhUpggAzyz7w8QF;_ylu=X3oDMTBzM3UzbjRzBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDdmlkBHZ0aWQDBGdwb3MDMTA-?p=dimensioning+with+adobe+illustrator&vid=647a3001d42a0728b08befc721d582b4&l=1%3A21&turl=http%3A%2F%2Fts4.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DVN.608010766394131067%26pid%3D15.1&rurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DF1Rcm3JtUR4&tit=Size+Measurements+in+%3Cb%3EAdobe+Illustrator%3C%2Fb%3E&c=9&sigr=11bo7k4sb&sigt=11d03ug6q&age=0&fr2=p%3As%2Cv%3Av%2Cm%3Asa&&tt=b</a>. It shows how to determine the exact size of an object, or a group of objects. You can then manually apply the dimensioning lines and place the values in the appropriate locations.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417192045313_5956" dir="ltr">If that link didn't come through, just Google for 'dimensioning with adobe illustrator'.<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417192045313_5454"><span></span></div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div style="display: block;" class="yahoo_quoted"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> On Friday, November 28, 2014 9:42 AM, Jeff Coatsworth <Jeff.Coatsworth@jonasclub.com> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv2645388756"><style>#yiv2645388756 #yiv2645388756 --
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<div class="yiv2645388756MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;">Probably more productive to ask in the Adobe Illustrator forum</span></div>
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<div class="yiv2645388756MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;" lang="EN-US"> framers-bounces@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces@lists.frameusers.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Denis Daly<br clear="none">
<b>Sent:</b> November-28-14 10:28 AM<br clear="none">
<b>To:</b> framers@lists.frameusers.com<br clear="none">
<b>Subject:</b> Adobe Illustrator Dimensioning Tool</span></div>
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<div class="yiv2645388756MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE">Hi,</span></div>
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<div class="yiv2645388756MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE">Hopefully, it is ok to ask this question here.</span></div>
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<div class="yiv2645388756MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE">Does anyone know if AI has a dimensioning tool, please?</span></div>
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<div class="yiv2645388756MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE">I have used Corel Draw in the past and it had a very easy to use tool, to enable dimensioning of objects (width, height, etc ).</span></div>
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<div class="yiv2645388756MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE">A quick online search revealed that a plugin is required. Is this so?</span></div>
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<div class="yiv2645388756MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE">Thanks,</span></div>
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<div class="yiv2645388756MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE">Denis</span></div></div>
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