- What’s new
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Add and import files
- Start new files
- Import from other apps
- Import other file types
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Use generative AI
- Common questions about generative AI features in Illustrator
- Generate similar variations without text prompts
- Generate scenes, subjects, and icons
- Partner models in Adobe Illustrator
- Use Auto Select
- Generate patterns
- Manage pattern variations
- Edit generated patterns
- Generate shape fills
- Scenarios with repeat shape fill generation
- Recolor artwork with text prompts
- Generate vector graphics to expand artwork
- Options to expand the expanded artwork
- Generate print bleed
- View 2D objects from new angles
- Scenarios with linked variations
- Manage generated variations
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Create and manage artboards
- Add and edit artboards
- Organize and manage artboards
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Measure and align
- Use grids and guides
- Plot and measure
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Paint and fill
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Learn painting basics
- About fills and strokes
- Fill and stroke controls
- Apply fill colors
- Apply stroke colors
- Create multiple fills and strokes
- Convert strokes to compound paths
- Remove fills or strokes
- Select objects with same fill and stroke
- Paint tools overview
- Paint with the Live Paint Bucket tool
- Live Paint Bucket tool options
- Create Live Paint groups
- Isolate Live Paint groups
- Merge paths using the Blob Brush tool
- Blob brush options and best practices
- About Live Paint
- Find and close gaps in Live Paint groups
- Expand and release Live Paint groups
- Resize objects or paths within Live Paint groups
- Select faces, edges, and paths in Live Paint groups
- Add paths to a Live Paint group
- Live Paint limitations
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Apply and edit strokes
- About brushes
- Brushes panel overview
- Draw paths with brush strokes
- Apply brush strokes to paths
- Remove brush strokes
- Customize arrowheads
- Add arrowheads to paths
- Paintbrush tool options
- Create brush libraries
- Import brushes
- Create brushes
- Create dotted or dashed lines
- Modify brushes
- Change the caps or joins of a line
- Convert brush strokes to outlines
- Create and edit gradients
- Create and edit meshes
- Create and edit patterns
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Learn painting basics
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Manage colors
- Select and adjust colors
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Manage layers
- Lock and hide layers
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Design with text
- Edit and format text
- Work with fonts and scripts
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Manage objects
- Reshape and transform objects
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Apply special effects and styles
- Apply filter effects
- Create 3D graphics
- Apply graphic styles
- Troubleshoot
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Save and export
- Export files to different formats
- Export to other apps
- Get started
About Dimension objects
Learn about dimension objects and Dimension tools that let you easily measure and plot dimensions such as distance, angle, and radius within your artwork.
Dimension tool
You can access the Dimension tool from the toolbar. If you can't find it, select the Edit Toolbar icon at the bottom of the toolbar, and drag the tool from the Modify section onto the toolbar. When you select the Dimension tool, a taskbar appears. The taskbar lets you easily switch between different tool types, such as Linear Dimension , Angular Dimension , and Radial Dimension . These tool types let you plot linear, angular, and radial dimension types, respectively.
Dimension object
When you plot a dimension, a dimension object is what you get. A dimension object contains a dimension line, extension line, and dimension text.
A. Extension line B. Offset of dimension text C. Dimension text D. Dimension line E. Extension of extension line F. Offset of extension line